[Embroidered Binding | Royal School of Art Needlework] Cranford Roycrofters A Portion of a Leaf

A Portion of a Leaf from an antiphonal

instructor in binding at the [Manchester] Municipal School of Technology…” (link) is mentioned in an article of “The Studio” in 1915

with the only gilt decoration to the exterior being gilt titles to the second compartment of the spine and date at base

picturing a bronze plaque of Ball

[Embroidered Binding | Royal School of Art Needlework] Cranford Roycrofters A Portion of a LeafGaskell, Mrs. Cranford. London: Macmillan & Co., 1895. Line drawings by Hugh Thomson. Bound by the Royal School of Art Needlework in a silk embroidered binding, with a design of pink and peach ribbon extending along the outer boards of the front cover, interspersed with knots holding small branches with green leaves of varying shades. At the center of the front cover is a rectangular photogravure of de Hooch's "The Courtyard of a House in Delft" that