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Leather Art Museum

Vic

Exterior of the museum.

Exterior of the museum.

The Leather Art Museum was opened in 1996. It houses the collection built up by the tanner from Vic, Andreu Colomer Munmany, a lover of art and of his trade, which led him to look for leather art objects.

The collection is showcased around a wide variety of objects made entirely or partially in leather: chests, screens, escritoires, chairs, saddles, shadow theatre figures, etc.

The works of great artistry are from different origins and times and demonstrate a wide variety of leatherwork techniques. Particularly noteworthy is the gold leather technique (golden and multicolour leather) used to make wall coverings, alter fronts, screens, etc. The cordovan application (very high-quality goat’s hide) also stands out in boxes and chests.

SPACES

<p>&ldquo;Looking with touch&rdquo; area.</p>
Looking with touch
Looking with touch
<p>Cordovan box and chest room.</p>
Cordovan leather
Cordovan leather
<p>Leather-lined chest and trunk area.</p>
Chests and trunks
Chests and trunks
<p>Hispano-Arab cordwain.</p>
The cordwains
The cordwains
<p>Religious image area.</p>
Religious images
Religious images
<p>Furniture area.</p>
Furniture
Furniture
<p>General view of the area housing objects of Hispano-American origin.</p>
Hispano-American art
Hispano-American art
<p>One of the rooms displaying world art: shadow theatre, Ekoi heads, etc.</p>
Leather in the world
Leather in the world

OBJECTS

<p>An armchair from the first half of the 17th century, mahogany and embossed leather, 105 &times; 70 &times; 46 cm, Spain.&nbsp;Leather Art Museum. Vic.</p>

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Armchair
Armchair
<p>An octagonal box from the 14th-15th centuries, gold-embossed polychrome leather, 14 &times; 13 &times; 13 cm, Hispano-Arab.&nbsp;Leather Art Museum. Vic.</p>

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Octagonal box
Octagonal box
<p>Ekoi head from the second half of the 20th century, wood wrapped in leather and cane, 37 &times; 15 &times; 28 cm, Nigeria.&nbsp;Leather Art Museum. Vic.</p>

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Ekoi head
Ekoi head
<p>Chest, 16th century, engraved leather and iron, 53 &times; 87 &times; 48 cm, Spain.&nbsp;Leather Art Museum. Vic.</p>

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Chest, 16th century
Chest, 16th century
<p>Mexican <em>petaca</em> or travel basket from the 18th century, wood embroidered with American aloe yarn, wrought iron and fretwork and cane, 50 &times; 72 &times; 47 cm, Mexico.&nbsp;Leather Art Museum. Vic.</p>

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Basket
Basket
<p>A fragment of wall covering from the 16th century, gilded leather, polychromed and decorated, 62 &times; 85 cm, Spain.&nbsp;Leather Art Museum. Vic.</p>

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Wall covering
Wall covering
<p>A cordwain triptych with the Holy Face, the prayer in the garden and the crucifixion, from the 16th-17th centuries, cordwain, gilded leather, decorated and polychromed, 49 &times; 68 &times; 5.5 cm, Spain.&nbsp;Leather Art Museum. Vic.</p>

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Triptych of the Holy Face
Triptych of the Holy Face
<p>A 15th century case that probably stored books of hours, engraved and polychromed cordwain with iron, 10 &times; 25 &times; 22 cm, Catalonia.&nbsp;Leather Art Museum. Vic.</p>

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Case. Books of hours
Case. Books of hours
<p>A trunk with painted scenes of the colonisation, 18th century, polychromed leather, wood and wrought iron, 43 &times; 105 &times; 55 cm, Peru.&nbsp;Leather Art Museum. Vic.</p>

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Trunk
Trunk
<p>A litter from the 17th-18th century, wood, polychromed leather, metal and silk, 148 &times; 138 &times; 80 cm, Italy.&nbsp;Leather Art Museum. Vic.</p>

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Litter
Litter
<p>A Gothic-style chest from the 14th century, poplar wood, parchment and wrought iron, 58 &times; 128 &times; 55.5 cm, Barcelona (Catalonia).&nbsp;Leather Art Museum. Vic.</p>

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Chest, 14th century
Chest, 14th century
<p>A cordwain cushion from the 14th century, gilded leather, decorated and polychromed (embossed leather on the back), 51 &times; 59 cm, Spain.&nbsp;Leather Art Museum. Vic.</p>

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Cushion
Cushion
<p>Parfleche, 18th-19th centuries, raw and polychromed hide, 23 &times; 85 &times; 35 cm, Canada.&nbsp;Leather Art Museum. Vic.</p>

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Parfleche
Parfleche
<p>16th<sup>&nbsp;</sup>century image of St. Paul, cordwain, gilded leather, polychromed and decorated, 65 &times; 46 cm, Spain.&nbsp;Leather Art Museum. Vic.</p>

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St Paul
St Paul
<p>A box with chivalric scenes from the 14th-15th centuries, wood lined with cordwain and metal, 16 &times; 35.5 &times; 20.5 cm, Catalonia or France.&nbsp;Leather Art Museum. Vic.</p>

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Box with chivalric scenes
Box with chivalric scenes
<p>An escritoire of &ldquo;Jerusalem Delivered&rdquo;, <em>c. </em>1600-1610, wood, leather, gilded hardware and paint, 48 &times; 80 &times; 33 cm, Italy-France.&nbsp;Leather Art Museum. Vic.</p>

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Escritoire
Escritoire
<p>A Chinese box decorated with haiku poems, 18th-19th centuries, wood covered in red-lacquered leather, 8.5 &times; 12 &times; 17 cm, China.&nbsp;Leather Art Museum. Vic.</p>

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Chinese box
Chinese box
<p>A 17th century inkstand in wood covered with embossed leather and wooden inserts, 31 &times; 91 &times; 40 cm, Peru.&nbsp;Leather Art Museum. Vic.</p>

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Inkstand
Inkstand
<p>Wall covering with a Chinese decorative motif, 1700-1725, cordwain, gilded leather, decorated and polychromed, 285 &times; 365 cm, Bordeaux (France).&nbsp;Leather Art Museum. Vic.</p>

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Wall covering
Wall covering
<p>Image of St Francis from the 17th century, cordwain, gilded leather, polychromed and decorated, 79 &times; 46 cm, Spain.&nbsp;Leather Art Museum. Vic.</p>

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St Francis
St Francis
<p>A 17th<sup>&nbsp;</sup>centruy gondola seat, leather embossed in gold and wood, 100 &times; 88 &times; 65 cm, Venice (Italy).&nbsp;Leather Art Museum. Vic.</p>

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Gondola seat
Gondola seat

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