Binding for George Eliot's “Scenes of Clerical Life”

Hugh Thomson, designer; signed

1906

Elaborate gilt blocking on smooth, dark green cloth.

7¼ x 4¾ inches

Another of Thomson’s complex, rhythmically patterned designs in which naturalistic detail is organized within a closely defined structure.

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Photograph and text by Simon Cooke

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