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Binding, The Hague, Thomas van Os, c.1779

Os, Thomas van (boekbinder/bookbinder)
year: ca. 1779

type: boekband
binding
detail: nee
dimensions: 28,6 x 22 x 1,2 cm.
related terms: boekbanden marokijn goudstempeling
period: 18e eeuw
classification:
F: Bindkunst

contents: Gold-tooled green morocco binding. Both boards are tooled with a framework consisting of asymmetrical patterns of tendrils with fruit, birds and butterflies. The centre compartment is empty. The binding is one of the finest examples of the asymmetrical Louis XV style in the Dutch art of binding.

origineel:
source: Hemsterhuis, Frans. - Lettre sur la sculpture, à monsieur Theod. de Smeth, ancien président des échevins de la ville d'Amsterdam. - Amsterdam: M.M. Rey, 1769
available in: Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 136 B 6

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