A binding by Walter Crane for Mrs Molesworth's ‘The ’Children of the Castle' (original) (raw)

Binding

Walter Crane

1890

Salmon cloth on card with decorative inked panels

6¾ x 4¾ inches

A quaint design, evocative of fairy tales, which takes its brief literally by representing a stylized castle on the front cover. Crane's capacity for simplication is again evoked in this semi-abstract design.

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Photograph and text by Simon Cooke

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