Binding by Arthur Hughes for Christina Rossetti's "Speaking Likenesses" (1874) (original) (raw)

Binding for Speaking Likenesses

A binding design by Arthur Hughes

1874

Gilt interlace, produced using a brass die, on blue cloth

7¼ x 5 inches

A fey gilt design to match and extend the effect of Hughes's illustrations

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Photograph and text by Simon Cooke.

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