AndyL1 Report post Posted September 3, 2013 A fan of my Facebook page shared this with me and I thought it was very interesting. Beautiful work from the middle east 800 or so years ago. The story: https://www.facebook...6&type=1&ref=nf The wallet: Andy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
benlilly1 Report post Posted September 3, 2013 Just goes to show you how tough leather really is...I wonder what the lumpy stuff is under the worn leather?? A stuffing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
electrathon Report post Posted September 4, 2013 A little Lexol would fix that right up. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gentle ben Report post Posted September 5, 2013 Where are the credit card slots?!?! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlHobbyist Report post Posted September 6, 2013 I'm amazed by the beautiful artwork and the fact that it made it to our era. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blak Smyth Report post Posted September 6, 2013 Is that stitching on the left side? Amazing!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oltoot Report post Posted September 6, 2013 (edited) I wonder if the relief was first molded and filled with some sort of backing (lumpy stuff) then sewn to body as thing was assembled? Edited September 6, 2013 by oltoot Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
benlilly1 Report post Posted September 6, 2013 I wonder if the relief was first molded and filled with some sort of backing (lumpy stuff) then sewn to body as thing was assembled? That was my thought...maybe it's wool? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sjohnsone Report post Posted February 8, 2014 a little late to the party on this one - but I believe the piece was decorated, then sewn to another piece of leather with filler in-between, perhaps to give it a little body. This really got me contemplating the possibility of people embossing leather back then on more of a production level. I feel like whenever we envision people from old days, if you weren't rich then you didn't have any decorative clothing; however I feel like decorating leather with a press or stamp is a no brainer to sell more than your competition, especially if it's being taken on trade routes. I feel like a leatherworker 800 years ago would run into the same issues we have today: How the heck am I going to get someone to pay for me to spend 20 hours working on just one piece? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ReneeCanady Report post Posted February 8, 2014 That was my thought...maybe it's wool? My first thought was that it could be some type of glue they conjured up, but then I noticed it didn't go to the edges so that's probably out. I bet you are correct on it being wool. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mlapaglia Report post Posted February 9, 2014 A little Lexol would fix that right up. Thats exactly what I was going to say. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
