Leather wallpaper
A leather wallpaper is made of leather -made wall covering .
The origin of the leather wallpaper probably goes back to the Moors , as the names Peaux d'Espagne (German: Spanish skin ), Korduan leather or Guadamiciles show. Guadamiciles refers to the ancient city of Ghadames (Rhadames) in Libya ; the name Korduan refers to Córdoba in Andalusia , formerly the capital of the Omayyad caliphate of Al-Andalus in the Middle Ages , where the leather tanning trade brought from North Africa was practiced on a large scale and the products were traded. Other names that refer to Cordoba are Cuir de Cordoue , Cordwain and Cordovan . The Moors brought the painted, partially gilded wallpaper made of thin leather of calves, sheep and goats to Spain . After silver leaf or varnish was applied to the wallpaper, they were painted ornamentally , gilded and punched or embossed .
In the Baroque era , leather wallpapers were a preferred wall covering. From Spain the leather wallpaper spread via France and Italy to Germany , the Netherlands ("Goudleer" = gold leather) and Northern Europe. Walls of palaces and houses of wealthy merchants were furnished with them; B. the hunting and baroque castle Moritzburg in Saxony. In the 18th century , the period of classicism , leather wallpaper was gradually replaced by printed or painted paper wallpaper.
Bird room in Wawel Castle
Museum Hof van Busleyden, Mechelen
Rosenholm Castle , Denmark
Skokloster Castle , 17th century
Leather wallpaper, circa 1750, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum , New York
Dining room in the Palazzo Chigi , Ariccia
literature
- Antonia Kosseva-Göldi: Leather wallpapers in the Bern area: inventory from a conservation perspective. Diploma thesis, HKB Bern 2007.
