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1 folded leaf; 1 pewter plaquette. Text written and plaquette created by Henry Morris at the Bird & Bull Press. 1 folded leaf in blue cloth case stamped in silver. Pewter plaquette fits in frame in case. The promotional plaquette of bookbinder Charles Meunier is a reproduction of a work by Maurice Favre exhibited in 1903. It depicts a bookbinder at her sewing frame. Lettered on reverse "Aux amis la maison du livre 1900, Ch. Meunier." (To the friends of the 1900 book house, Ch. Meunier.). Gift of the Joseph Paulsen family. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.

Publication Date

1995

Imprint / Year

Newtown, Pa. : Bird & Bull Press, 1995

Publisher

Bird & Bull Press

City

Newton

Keywords

graphic design; bookbinding (process); plaques (flat objects); French; By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit 2021

Disciplines

Book and Paper | Graphic Design

RISD Fleet Library Catalog Record

https://librarycat.risd.edu/record=b1693478~S4

Charles Meunier's plaquette, 1900, La Relieuse | The Bookbinder : a rare and beautiful depiction of the bookbinder in medallic art.

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