COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL022436tr
Reference Number:
Dowd 69
Image Title:
Sybil Pye binding
Series Title:
Anthony Dowd Collection of Modern Bookbindings
Parent Work Title:
Anacreon
Creator:
Pye, Sybil
Creator Role:
Binder
Date Created:
1928
Page/Sheet:
Upper cover & spine
Image Sequence Number:
069
Description:
Designer binding. Bound by Sybil Pye in 1928 in red morocco with inlays of green, scarlet and brown, tooled in gold to a cubist design.
Subject:
Bookbinding
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Bindings
Technique Used:
Gold tooling
Medium:
Gold leaf
Support:
Leather
Item Height:
242 mm
Item Width:
140 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K. (on temporary deposit)
Provenance:
Dowd, Anthony, owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
Copyright and IPR restrictions apply
References:
'The Anthony Dowd Collection of Modern Bindings', compiled by Anthony Dowd (John Rylands University Library of Manchester, 2002)
Bibliographic Citation:
'Anacreon' translated by Abraham Cowley (London: Nonesuch Press, 1923)
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Sybil Pye binding
