Binding designed by John Sleigh for Robert Pollok’s The Course of Time (1857) (original) (raw)

Binding for “The Course of Time”

John Sliegh, designer

1857

Gilt interlace, produced using a brass die, on orange cloth.

9 x 6¼ inches

A typically condensed and complicated design by John Sliegh, with intricate patterns organized into a strict geometry.

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Photograph and text by Simon Cooke.

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