Man in a Metal Cage (B40)
Catalogue Record
Collection
Maker
Sally Lou Smith
Title
Man in a Metal Cage
Made in
London
Date
1987
Description
Bound in dark brown leather with cut-out rectangles that reveal light brown leather, decorated with diamond incisions and red and black paint. The title is tooled in gold on the spine. The book contains doublures with rectangles of red paper. The brown box is quarter-bound with leather, with the title in gold.
Materials and techniques
Goatskin binding with cut and painted acrylic decoration; goatskin underlays onlaid with leather fragments, title in gold on spine. Rough gilt edges.
Dimensions
length (box): 25.3cm
width (box): 17.3cm
depth (box): 2.4cm
length (object): 24cm
width (object): 16cm
depth (object): 1.1cm
Object number
B40
Category
