The technique known a 'cuir bouilli' is used to make embossed patterns in leather. The result, when dried, is a tough yet decorative leather artefact.
The six cuir items the photograph are a coin, a section of an architectural frieze showing vegetation, a Tudor couple, a cartouche, a Nativity scene, and a section of an architectural frieze showing foliage or plant forms.
This image is similar to Schaaf number 5626.
