book-cover
- Museum number
- 1962,0809.34
- Description
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A gold-tooled cream cloth book binding for 'The Recollections of Oscar Wilde' by Charles Ricketts; central strip containing title, rectangular panels enclosing partially draped stylized figures each side, a simplified grape and vine scroll at left, the heads of two lovers kissing in a roundel at right, diagonal border patterns at top and bottom
- Production date
- 1865-1937
- Dimensions
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Height: 259 millimetres
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Width: 333 millimetres (overall)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- For a preparatory design drawing see 1962,0809.36; the cover is placed with the drawing.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1962
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1962,0809.34