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Leather Paper

paper maker Unknown

Datelate 19th century

MediumStamped tin leaf and varnish on paper

Dimensions46.4 x 13.2 cm (18 1/4 x 5 3/16 in.)

ClassificationsPaper

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession numberU21w70

eMuseum ID719040

TMS Source ID26912

Last Updated11/21/24

Status

Not on view

Web CommentaryCovered with metal leaf that simulates gold, these sheets are decorated in high relief with European and Japanese patterns. Isabella Gardner used this leather-paper to line the back of the silver cabinet in the Dutch Room. The pale gold patterns provide a subtle contrast to the profusion of silver objects.

BibliographyNotes

Alan Chong and Noriko Murai. Journeys East: Isabella Stewart Gardner and Asia. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2009), p. 416. (as Japanese, late 19th century)

Fausto Calderai and Alan Chong. Furnishing a Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Collection of Italian Furniture (Boston, 2011), p. 207, n2.

ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1902.