Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (B33)
Catalogue Record
Collection
Maker
Title
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Made in
Guildford
Date
1979
Description
Book bound in in green morocco with a little door which can be opened and incorporating a reducing lens, with a white fabric rabbit on the reverse. Contained in a box with green-marbled paper, green leather spine and velvet inside.
Materials and techniques
Bound in green morocco onlaid with suede, vellum and velvet, with a little door made of card, vellum and paper, and a small brass handle, incorporating a reducing lens. On the reverse of the book is a white fabric rabbit. The endpapers are illustrated in pen and wash in the style of Tenniel, on handmade paper. Tooled on the back and Alice lettered in blind. Handmade paper flyleaves.
Dimensions
length (box): 22.5cm
width (box): 18cm
height (box): 7.3cm
length (object): 20.5cm
width (object): 16cm
height (object): 4.5cm
Object number
B33
Category
References
see file -
Maker's statement
Another example of how I approach a binding, for each book is different. This one was intended as a companion to "Alice through the Looking Glass" and in doing it I found a similar grid used by Tenniel which gives a link between the two, as well as his drawing and imagery on which the bindings were based.
