Cloth binding for Cornwall’s ‘Dramatic Scenes’

1857

Green cloth gilt

8 x 5½ inches

This elegant, spectacular cover employs the highly-abstracted foliate decorative patterns of Italian Renaissance art, combining it with a carefully-balanced architectural gilt interlace. The binding is unsigned and unattributed, but is clearly the work of an accomplished designer.

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