Leather Panel (Allegory of Music), ca. 1570–90 Northern France | Blind–stamped, embossed, molded, and incised leather on later wooden mount; H. 49 1/4 in. (125.1 cm) | To create this panel, three leather sheets decorated in the cuir bouilli technique, whereby the wet leather was manipulated and molded into the desired shape, were joined together. After the material was hardened and dry, the ornamental details were incised and punched into the surface. | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
