All Manner of Things – a new binding from Louise Genest
(Genest, Louise – Bookbinder) All Manner of Things. [By] John Crombie. Graphics by Sheila Bourne. Kickshaws. Paris. 1991. n.p. 6.75” x 7.75” x .5”. Unique design binding by Louise Genest. 2008. Bound in earlier hand-made kozo paper by Tim Barrett. Exposed-sewing binding with exposed lacing-in of tapes and headbands’ cores. Design of tooled onlays made of Japanese paper, onlays of patinated bronze paper made by binder with grey mesh and palladium tooled title on tooled Torinoko gampi paper. Painted edges by binder. Japanese paper doublures with mesh and cold-template pressing. Green cloth dropback box with paper silver title label; box edged with Genest designed paper. Fine.
Related items: Catalogue 37 - Summer 2009, Fine Designer Bindings, Louise Genest