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  • Imitation Leather (USA), 1920

    Large scale geometric design of interlacing circular bands. The bands are covered with small designs, suggestive in places of ornate nail head studding. All of design is embossed and the…

  • Imitation Leather (USA), 1920

    Copied from a collection of old tooled leathers at The Hague, Netherlands. Large center motif composed of scrollwork with a small pineapple at the top. Enclosed in a diamond-shaped panel…

  • Imitation Leather (USA), 1912

    A large center motif of fantastic flowers and scrolls. Enclosed in oval shaped bands with acanthus leaves. Copied from a collection of old tooled leathers at The Hague, Netherlands. Entire…

  • Imitation Leather (USA), ca. 1920

    Copied from a collection of old tooled leathers at The Hague, Netherlands. A large central motif suggestive of pineapple with five tulips sprouting from the top. Enclosed in a foliage…

  • Imitation Leather (USA), 1920

    Geometric design of interlacing bands forming circular motifs. The effect is that of stencil work. The field is plain. The entire paper is embossed to represent grained leather and antiqued…

  • Imitation Leather (USA), 1920

    Geometric design of interlacing bands with embossed edges. These bands encircle alternately a square and a rosette, each with an embossed design center. Field is plain. The entire surface is…

  • Imitation Leather (USA), 1920

    Geometric design of interlacing strap work studded bands in both curves and straight lines around a large voided central panel. Field is plain. Entire design is embossed and is antiqued…

  • Imitation Leather (USA), 1920

    Geometric strap work design of studded bands interlaced to form angular patterns. Bands are embossed, field is plain. Entire surface antiqued by hand. Printed in gold on deep old ivory,…

  • Imitation Leather (USA), 1920

    A geometric design on a large scale of interlacing circular bands. The bands in turn are covered with small designs as though studded with nail heads. All of design is…

  • Imitation Leather (Belgium), 1920

    Made by Peter Lecroix entirely by hand. A fine specimen of high relief imitation embossed leather. An oil paint “choke” applied by hand brush over gilt to tone it down.…

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