A History of English Craft Bookbinding Technique (1978) (B45)
Catalogue Record
Collection
Maker
Bernard Middleton
Title
A History of English Craft Bookbinding Technique (1978)
Made in
London
Date
1989
Description
Book, bound in black leather and inlaid with yellow and gold stripes and symbols and onlaid with purple and green leather, tooled in gold and black, gilt edged paper.
Materials and techniques
Bound in black goatskin and inlaid with yellow and onlaid with goatskin. Yellow-cream Fabriano Roma hand-made paper flyleaves and black suede doublures. Gilt edges. Tooled in gold and black. Contained in 1/4-goat drop-back box line with black felt.
Dimensions
length (box): 24.7cm
width (box): 17.6cm
depth (box): 5.8cm
length (object): 23.3cm
width (object): 16cm
depth (object): 3.7cm
Object number
B45
Category
Maker's statement
The design is typical of what I have been doing for several years.