1592961181000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-150672 1747246141028 1714398869000 1747245848755 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-150672 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/150672 53a6c53a-fa34-3950-a2f5-5d26a97f30d2 6 reference term-110356 adlib-term-110356 8d05cb33-74bb-3662-85eb-e320b21f776d boxes reference term-106692 adlib-term-106692 ed7baa11-5901-3307-81b6-77370e40ebb4 wood Box reference term-118780 adlib-term-118780 c5f3b968-f763-357a-b740-9f216e114859 parchment Lining reference term-40902 adlib-term-40902 ec39a220-e629-3548-92f0-14937d5d3167 leather Surface There is much conjecture on how 'boiled leather' or 'cuir bouilli' was made and whether the leather was boiled in water. 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 term-32162 adlib-term-32162 d45d7981-bab5-3ac4-bb91-e07eee993cae cuir bouilli Applied Arts oval, boiled leather box with slightly domed lid; decorated with stamped and engraved scrolling foliage and borders of flowerheads Boiled, stamped and engraved leather (cuir bouilli) covering carved wood, lined with parchment. Oval with straight sides and a slightly domed hinged lid (the hinge missing). The lid decorated in high relief with scrolling foliage round an empty cartouche, and a border of flowerheads. The base stamped with a plant of scrolling tulip-like flowers. One side fitted with an iron catch. M.41-1929 1 accession number M.41-1929 150672 priref 150672 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/150672 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/150672 inside the box rectangular green tag, written in black ink 41/29 / 9 paper tie on label reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Given by W.E Miller reference agent-154687 adlib-agent-154687 f4e108d1-4596-3c9e-8bb5-60c526a44fb8 Miller, W. E. 1929 1929 1929-10-31 given Entry date: 1929-10-31 1600 1600 1600 1600 1700 1 1700 1700 1700 maker reference agent-149652 adlib-agent-149652 0d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98 Unknown reference term-106447 adlib-term-106447 c24dda6b-b738-3a7d-bddf-648ede5b5cd4 17th Century reference term-108963 adlib-term-108963 1fe700c4-66f7-3c5f-bfb8-74069ac8fdec literal Europe Europe country Europe Height cm 4.5 Length cm 10 Width cm 9.5 reference term-106246 adlib-term-106246 3c8d7753-a7af-38fc-96e0-f16e7d46d3d0 box object name reference term-32162 adlib-term-32162 d45d7981-bab5-3ac4-bb91-e07eee993cae cuir bouilli category reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference publication-6550 adlib-publication-6550 0d22f57e-045d-36ff-aefb-1cd095665217 Leather in Life, Art and Industry reference publication-6551 adlib-publication-6551 43440b72-2e95-32ba-b24c-3164a3c56d31 Conservation of Leather and Related Materials reference term-8220 adlib-term-8220 bf75299d-9707-30be-afc1-975044e77da5 European

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