The Decoration of Leather / From the French of Georges de Récy

by Georges de Récy

LEATHER FOR INLAYING

The skins sold for this purpose are split sheepskins. Their extreme thinness renders them liable to stretch a great deal, and therefore they are most difficult to cut out in any desired shape. To obviate this difficulty, the back of the leather is pasted over, and it is then stretched on a board and fastened with drawing-pins to prevent it from shrinking as it dries. But there is another and a better method—that of mounting the leather on paper.