Detail View: Rylands Collection: Sybil Pye binding

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