Open Tues-Sat 10am-4pm: Walk-ins Welcome

Go back

Foliated border cover die

2020.4.53

Historic

1852 - 1971

Cambridge

Massachusetts

United States

North America

Die, Binder

Bookbinding Equipment

Printing T&E

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

brass die

Brass

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Border used on the 1893 version of "A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys"

Walter Crane

Monogram for Crane is seen in central design that this is the border for, as well as on the spine design. Seems design was split into multiple parts when dies were created; border, central panel, and possibly panel for title and author.

© 2014-2024 American Bookbinders Museum