Design for a book binding including straps and bosses for a prayer book for Sir Alexander James Beresford Beresford Hope
Architect/Designer | Burges, William (1827-1881) |
Artist/Photographer | Burges, William (1827-1881) |
Country | UK: England |
Subject Date | 1863 |
Image Date | 1863 |
Style | Gothic Revival |
Medium | Drawing |
Library Reference | SD181 f.8 |
Orientation | Landscape |
Colour Info | Colour |
Credit | RIBA Collections |
Subject | Metalwork ; Book design |
NOTES: These designs are found in Burges's album of designs labelled 'Orfevrerie domestique'. The prayer book with this binding is in the National Museum of Wales (NMW A 51690) and described as "mounted in ivory and studded with silver-gilt Tudor rosettes with jewel-like enamelling. The central rosette is embellished with a fantastical beast and the others are personalized with the initials A H and I H. The binding has two clasps, each in the form of a stylized dragon with a shield bearing the Hope coat of arms and family motto."
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