LEATHER AS A TOURIST TRAVEL THEME

Passionate about leather as we are, we never move to a place without checking what there is to see there that concerns leather, near or far.

This is how we have identified museums, libraries and other places across Europe for you.

FRANCE
PARIS
The Forney library, in the Marais, is a mine of works on applied arts, and has a department on leather which is worth a visit.

At the Mazarine library, you can admire the work tables in which hot-stamped desk pads are embedded with their place number.

ibliothèque Mazarine Sous-main cuir gravé
Almost everywhere in France, leather is in the spotlight.  Here is a list of dedicated places.

Musée de la Tannerie et du Cuir
BORT LES ORGUES, CORRÈZE
CHÂTEAU-RENAULT, INDRE ET LOIRE
SAINT JUNIEN, LIMOUSIN
GRAULHET – TARN
MONTARGIS, LOIRET
LEVROUX, BERRY

But it sometimes happens that we encounter leather in a more unexpected way, for example while doing the Chapelles circuit from PEISEY NANCROIX in Savoie. In some of them, there are so-called leather antependium. Magnificent.

antependium chapelle pracompuis  Antependium cuir estampe doré
This is how we discovered CELINE BONNOT-DICONNE

a (the?) great specialist in the restoration of leather works. Thanks to its exceptional know-how, hangings and other decorations are visible in museums such as that of Vieil Aix, Nice, and others.


Almost everywhere in Europe, leather is on display.



Couverture cuir livre cuir repoussé
BELGIUM
PERUWELZ  Leather museum

GERMANY
OFFENBACH  Leather museum
FRANCFORT  Leather museum

THE NETHERLANDS
BOIS LE DUC  Leather museum

ITALY
FLORENCE  Leather school

SPAIN
UBRIQUE, Spanish capital of small leather goods Leather museum
BARCELONA  Leather museum



coffre cuir repousse peint coffre cuir repousse peint or

This list is most certainly incomplete. To perfect it, your contributions in comments are welcome.


(cover image: leather boxing gloves)

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