Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Modern Bookbinding Practically Considered
(Manuscripts and Rare Books)
This Léon Gruel binding on a volume about modern bookbinding techniques displays a variety of styles produced by Gruel's workshop, intended to show the range of effects that Gruel could achieve for his clients. The front cover displays modern designs, while the back cover showcases antiquarian ones. Both covers feature "modeled leather," a technique in which the leather is stretched and shaped to create depth and texture.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Acquired by Henry Walters, Baltimore, before 1931; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 2013-2014 | Bookbindings from the Gilded Age. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
Geographies
USA, New York, New York (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 10 × W: 8 1/8 in. (25.4 × 20.64 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, before 1931
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
92.1263 ()