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Fletcher

Title

Subject

bookbinding proposal

Description

Bound in full brown goatskin using traditional hand embroidery techniques in gilt thread to imitate a historical gilt panel design. Line border on outer panel and along board edges are hand tooled and gilt. Spine decorated with mix of embroidered and hand tooled gilt motifs. Title and author's name hand tooled and gilt in Baskerville. Board edges and turn-ins hand tooled and gilt. Zerkall Book Laid Vellum endpapers. Hand-sewn single-core headbands in green and white linen thread.

Creator

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 7th DeGolyer Competition

Citation

Fletcher, Erin, “Fletcher,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed January 19, 2026, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/2334.