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The most popular theory is the one suggested in 'La Grande Encyclopedie (Paris 1887-1905) in which: 'pieces of leather must be boiled in wax mixed with resin and glue.  Once boiled in this manner, the leather preserves, whilst it is moist, sufficient pliability to enable it to be moulded, and when it is dry it possess a hardness and rigidity nearly equal to that of wood to which it is preferable by reason of its lightness.'  The stamped and engraved decoration would have been added before the leather was dried."}],"reference":{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"term-32162","uid":"adlib-term-32162","uuid":"d45d7981-bab5-3ac4-bb91-e07eee993cae"},"summary_title":"cuir bouilli"}}],"type":{"base":"object","type":"OBJECT"}}