Translated from the French, this handbook sits between histories of leatherwork and amateurs’ manuals. De Récy describes the tools and processes of tooling, modelling, cutting, inlaying and colouring leather, down to the dyes that give violets, pinks and yellows, and argues that leather suits the new decorative style perfectly.
A useful period guide for craftspeople and historians of Edwardian decorative art. Download the free EPUB.