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Book binding
This intimate prayer book binding was created for the politician and architectural pundit, Sir Alexander James Beresford Beresford Hope, one of William Burges’s leading patrons. It is mounted in ivory and studded with silver-gilt Tudor rosettes with jewel-like enamelling. The central rosette is embellished with a fantastical beast and the others are personalized with the initials A H and I H. The binding has two clasps, each in the form of a stylized dragon with a shield bearing the Hope coat of arms and family motto.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 51690
Creation/Production
1868 ca / 1868-1869 / 1866
Role: Production
Role: Designer
Role: Production
Role: Silversmith
Role: Production
Role: Publisher
Period:
1868 ca
Acquisition
Purchase, 21/7/2010
Measurements
Length
(cm): 12.8
Width
(cm): 8.5
Depth
(cm): 4.8
Length
(in): 5
Width
(in): 3 5/16
Depth
(in): 1 7/8
Material
Ivory
Silver gilt
Enamel
Paper
Silk
Velvet
Leather
Brass
Cardboard
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