COLLECTION NAME:
LUNA: Folger Bindings Image Collection
mediaCollectionId
BINDINGS~1~1
LUNA: Folger Bindings Image Collection
Collection
true
Image Caption:
Fore-edge, STC 25256.
view_description
Fore-edge, STC 25256.
Image Caption
false
General Description:
A binding by Francis Bedford, with Elizabethan style gauffering, ca. 1850. Dark green goatskin over millboards with all-over gilt decoration. Gilt and gauffered edges.
general_description
A binding by Francis Bedford, with Elizabethan style gauffering, ca. 1850. Dark green goatskin over millboards with all-over gilt decoration. Gilt and gauffered edges.
General Description
false
Binder:
Bedford, Francis, 1799-1883.
binder
Bedford, Francis, 1799-1883.
Binder
false
Country / Style:
England, London
country_style
England, London
Country / Style
false
Period:
ca. 1850
style_period
ca. 1850
Period
false
Call Number:
STC 25256
classification
STC 25256
Call Number
false
Provenance:
Henry Huth (1815-1878) sale Sotheby's, July 1, 1918, lot 7978; Sir R. Leicester Harmsworth (1870-1937).
provenance
Henry Huth (1815-1878) sale Sotheby's, July 1, 1918, lot 7978; Sir R. Leicester Harmsworth (1870-1937).
Provenance
false
Author:
Werdmü̈ller, Otto, 1511-1552.
author
Werdmü̈ller, Otto, 1511-1552.
Author
false
Title:
[Kleintot, von trost und hilff. English]. A spiritual and most precious perle ...
title
[Kleintot, von trost und hilff. English]. A spiritual and most precious perle ...
Title
false
Created / Published:
[Wesel? : Printed by H. Singleton?, 1555?]
created_published
[Wesel? : Printed by H. Singleton?, 1555?]
Created / Published
false
Hamnet URL:
repository_number
http://shakespeare.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=168192
Hamnet URL
false
Technical Description:
Sewn on five thin raised cords. Two tipped-on endpapers and pastedowns. Rounded and backed spine. Double head- and tailbands worked in brown, white, and pink thread. Boards back cornered. Head- and tailcaps tied round. Mitered corners. Plated covers.
technical_description
Sewn on five thin raised cords. Two tipped-on endpapers and pastedowns. Rounded and backed spine. Double head- and tailbands worked in brown, white, and pink thread. Boards back cornered. Head- and tailcaps tied round. Mitered corners. Plated covers.
Technical Description
false
Dimensions:
102 x 75 x 17 mm.
display_dimensions
102 x 75 x 17 mm.
Dimensions
false
Decorative Description:
Gilt and gauffered edges incorporate a crown, coat of arms, fleurs-de-lis, and arabesques executed with a very small dot tool. The design was first drawn on the gilt edges with a needle. The signed binding, "BOUND BY F. BEDFORD," is decorated with gilt center- and cornerpieces, set on a semë of fleurs-de-lis in a roll and fillet border, with a full gilt spine.
decorative_description
Gilt and gauffered edges incorporate a crown, coat of arms, fleurs-de-lis, and arabesques executed with a very small dot tool. The design was first drawn on the gilt edges with a needle. The signed binding, "BOUND BY F. BEDFORD," is decorated with gilt center- and cornerpieces, set on a semë of fleurs-de-lis in a roll and fillet border, with a full gilt spine.
Decorative Description
false
Other Details:
Francis Bedford's obituary in The Athenaeum for June 16, 1883 stressed "that Francis Bedford had no capacity for design whatever and that all his exhibition pieces were copies of sixteenth- and seventeenth century bindings." Be that as it may, it is clear that Bedford also responded to the new tastes in Gothic art and produced stylized Elizabethan bindings to capture the interest of his clients.
other_details
Francis Bedford's obituary in The Athenaeum for June 16, 1883 stressed "that Francis Bedford had no capacity for design whatever and that all his exhibition pieces were copies of sixteenth- and seventeenth century bindings." Be that as it may, it is clear that Bedford also responded to the new tastes in Gothic art and produced stylized Elizabethan bindings to capture the interest of his clients.
Other Details
false
Literature:
Folger 9:12 (Folger Shakespeare Library, Fine and historic bookbindings from the Folger Shakespeare Library, New York, 1992).
references
Folger 9:12 (Folger Shakespeare Library, Fine and historic bookbindings from the Folger Shakespeare Library, New York, 1992).
Literature
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Decorated edges -- England -- 19th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Decorated edges -- England -- 19th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Gauffered edges -- England -- 19th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Gauffered edges -- England -- 19th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Gilt edges -- England -- 19th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Gilt edges -- England -- 19th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Goatskin bindings -- England -- 19th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Goatskin bindings -- England -- 19th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Gold tooled bindings -- England -- 19th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Gold tooled bindings -- England -- 19th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false
Binding Terms (RBMS):
Leather bindings -- England -- 19th century.
binding_terms__rbms_
Leather bindings -- England -- 19th century.
Binding Terms (RBMS)
false