Leather Embossing

Leather Embossing has been around for hundreds of years and first began in the Renaissance period along with Islamic Peninsular influences. These days leather embossing is done by machine that cuts into the leather giving you a non-original pattern that has no character. Amongst the many advantages of embossing leather by hand and perhaps one of the most important ones is that we are able to re-size the “drawing/pattern” to the required size to suit the item that it is to be placed upon. Some of these items may include chairs, beds, trunks, sofas etc.

We recognise that people have their own individual tastes, and have moments of design inspiration. Therefore, if you provide us with your own patterns, we can emboss the leather according to your own designs and ship the result to you, whether you are an international, interstate, or local customer.

I always found the art intriguing on how they ‘carved’ these drawings onto a piece of leather. The drawing involved a variety of images such as floral pieces, statues, urns etc. The designs changed from era to era just as different styles are always coming in and out.

Not only am I able to faithfully emboss based on period styling, for example Barroco, Rococo, Neoclassic and Arte Nova, but I can also emboss based on your own designs too! Provide me with a sketch or photo of your favourite style, and I will do my best to faithfully recreate it in leather.

This art involves a set of small handmade tools to suit the shapes and designs that the drawings require. As you are able to see in the images a design is drawn onto the leather that a person can choose from and then carved. The leather while carving is in its most neutral state so that once we place it on the furniture we are able to dye the leather to the desired colour.

We are able to emboss and dye the leather to your desires. To place and order or find out more, please contact us.