English embroidered bookbindings / by Cyril Davenport.

  • Cyril James Humphries Davenport
Date:
1899
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: English embroidered bookbindings / by Cyril Davenport. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    worked in silk, and the stem in gold cord. En¬ closing the oval is an arabesque design worked in gold cord and guimp, and at each corner is an oval of thin gold strips and gold cord ; the gold strips are done in the manner known as ‘ lizzard- ing,’ and are kept down by small stitches at intervals. The back has four panels, in each of which is an arabesque design in coloured silks and gold cord or braid. Although this book is com¬ paratively late, it is in a bad condition, and shows much wear; the design also is weak, and the workmanship inferior.