- Title:
- The Germ : thoughts towards nature in poetry, literature and art
- Object name(s):
- book
- Brief description:
- Binding worked by Florence de Rheims to a design by Constance Karslake. Brown calf, gold and blind tooled with leaf and grape design on upper and lower covers. Gilt and gauffered upper edge. Label on endpaper reads: '25 copies printed on Japan vellum, acquired by the Guild of Women Binders. This is no. 10. [Signed] Thomas B. Mosher'.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- British Galleries
- Associated concept:
- Bookbinding
- Associated concept:
- National Art Library
- Associated concept:
- Books
- Current reproduction location:
- https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2011FD0056/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 23
- Material:
- paper
- Material:
- leather
- Object history note:
- MS note on back of endpaper: 'silver medal at Paris Exhibition' [1900?]. Also entered into Class III of the Glasgow International Exhibition 1901; slip pasted into book after endpaper.
- Object name:
- book
- Object number:
- L.223-1963
- Object production date:
- 1898
- Date - association:
- published
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1898-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1898-12-31
- Object production organisation:
- Guild of Women-binders
- Organisation's association:
- publisher
- Object production place:
- London
- Place association:
- published
- Object status:
- Mass produced
- Other number:
- Drawer 78
- Other number type:
- NAL Pressmark
- Physical description:
- Binding worked by Florence de Rheims to a design by Constance Karslake. Brown calf, gold and blind tooled with leaf and grape design on upper and lower covers. Gilt and gauffered upper edge. Label on endpaper reads: '25 copies printed on Japan vellum, acquired by the Guild of Women Binders. This is no. 10. [Signed] Thomas B. Mosher'.
- Reproduction number:
- 2011FD0056
- Reproduction number:
- 2007BM8535
- Reproduction number:
- 2011FD0057
- Responsible department/section:
- NAL
- Style:
- 19th
- Technique:
- bookbinding
- Technique:
- Brown calf binding with gold and blind tooling. Gilt and gauffered upper edge
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- Text:
- BOOKBINDING for The Germ. Thoughts Towards Nature in Poetry, Literature and Art About 1898 Bookbinding was popular with Arts and Crafts designers, especially with women designers. The Guild of Women Binders was set up in 1898 by the London bookseller Frank Karslake who wanted to train and employ women binders at his Hampstead bindery. Brown calf, gold and blind tooling with leaf and grape design on covers; gilt and gauffered upper edge Binding made by the Guild of Women Binders; worked by Florence de Rheims to a design by Constance Karslake National Art Library no. L.223-1963
- Text date:
- 16/03/2018
- Text reason:
- Gallery label text
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Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/e2723499-e9e8-3c77-b0ac-531460e3d3c4, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC
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