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| Cabinet
(detail), Italy, circa 1600 |
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| Rocking
chair (detail), Vienna, circa 1900 |
| Kerstin
Tini Miura, book cover, Japan 1983 |
Europe: Design Techniques
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The Design Techniques in Leather exhibition reflects the great variety of decorative styles in use since Mediaeval times throughout the world. Cut, painted, inscribed, printed, chased, gilded and embroidered masterpieces of European leatherwork are exhibited alongside works from other corners of the world. Mediaeval German "Minnekästchen" and the saddles of Mexican cattlers might differ in the choice of motif, yet the same techniques were used in their making. Both the Koran manuscript and the text of the Bible are written on vellum. The Tirolean knapsack, the peasant costume belt and the punk's half-boots of 1990 all use nails for decoration and show. In a similar way, embroidery using thread of silk or silver, glass beads and quills can be traced from the Far East to Europe and on to the Americas.
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