i have been commissioned to restore the top of an antique table(1899 year built) which was damaged by water. the leather was damaged by a) age, b) wood splitting creating tears in the leather, and c) the leather shrinking and lifting. there was no choice but to remove the old leather. the “wood fixing” part i have no problem with. the leather re-install is new to me. i have to put in new leather approx 72’x 34″, emboss 3 border lines, and emboss a pattern at each corner. the pattern is a no brainer– i will get a stamp made to my sketch. the lines, one approx 1/8 wide, and the other two approx 1/64 wide each, close to each other creating a “double line” effect need to be embossed. i read about using a “roller”. not sure how and where to obtain such a roller. i have also read different (and conflicting) procedures in putting down leather and embossing methods(put leather down, then emboos or emboss then put leather down). also, what about grain direction of leather? what kind of glue ( i suspect that it was put down with animal glue–came off real nice with heat/steam from an iron). read about using contact cement, rubber glue, wallpaper glue, etc. finally, the leather has to have a black colored finish. the old leather was approx 1/64 thick. i also seemed to have some kind of very tiny diamond shaped pattern across the entire top– very minute/discreet, barely visible. my direct email is [email protected] or [email protected]

thnx!!!!