Familiar London Painted by Rose Barton / Rose Barton

Name/Title

Familiar London Painted by Rose Barton / Rose Barton

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.215

Description

208 pages. Illustrated with 61 color plates with tissue guards.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

1900s, Description and travel

Dimensions

Height

9 in

Book Details

Author

Rose Barton

Edition

First

Publisher

A. and C. Black

Place Published

City

London

Country

England

Date Published

1904

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding- Art Nouveau

Binding Designer

A.A. Turbayne

Binding Notes

Bound in bright red decorated cloth with an art nouveau pattern of rose and stem printed in yellow, pink and green within a yellow framed border. Pattern repeats to spine. Titles in gilt to spine and front board. Top edge gilt. Signed binding, monogram in lower left corner, alongside a rose stem. This scarab design is a simplified version of Turbayne's initials. Note: Same binding and cloth as "England," another Blackie title Only difference is a different shade of pink stamping for the rose petals.

Relationships

Related Places

Place

City

London

Country

England

Related Entries

Notes

"England" Frank Fox (2015.7.?)