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Nies

Title

Subject

bookbinding proposal

Description

Resew textblock using seven flattened hemp cords, consolidate spine, hide glue, backing and rounding, laced on blue boards, no edge treatment, wrap text block, three color double silk headband using batonets. Spine and covers: repair headbands with cord and Japanese paper, glue flannel between cords, six or more layers of crinkled craft paper with wheat paste, glue two-ply bristol boards on cover, back corner, Harmatan goat leather for cover, tool design through Japanese paper, glair lines to be tooled gold, 23.5k gold leaf, onlay with Harmatan purple goat leather, blind-tooled title letters, glair some title words for gold leaf. Inside: clean turn-ins, fill in, sand, edge-to-edge doublure in purple Harmatan, tool gold lines, flyleaves of purple pig suede.

Creator

Nies, Sabina Ursula

Publisher

Bridwell Library Special Collections

Date

Rights

This work is protected by copyright law. No commercial reproduction or distribution is permitted. This file may be used for educational uses only, provided it is not altered in any way, and the copyright line is cited. (Bridwell Library Special Collections, SMU).

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

Type

Book

Collection

The 6th DeGolyer Competition

Citation

Nies, Sabina Ursula, “Nies,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed November 29, 2023, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/2254.