The Cloister and the Hearth / Charles Reade

2015.7.269
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
Charles Reade
Frank T. Merrill
H.M. Caldwell
New York
New York
United States
North America
circa 1900
Publisher's Binding- Art Nouveau
Unidentified Designer
Art nouveau design in navy blue cloth with a decorated cover of intertwining tulip stems in green outlined with gold with their tulip blossoms in an unusual ivory and shaded salmon color combination, possibly achieved by using a hand dyed cloth, as each tulip blossom is different in shading and each is also raised from the rest of the decoration. Tulip motif repeated in green and gilt on the spines. Top edge gilt with side and bottom edges deckled.
No publication date. Copyright 1894 DeWolfe, Fiske, and Co. No date for this Caldwell edition. Flyleaf inscription: From Rob. Oct. 6, 1902.
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