Binding for Almeira's Castle.
Robert Dudley, designer
1866
Elaborate gilt blocking in the shape of a rosette, on green cloth.
6½ x 5 inches
A luxurious design which prefigures the elaborate radiating patterns of British Art Nouveau of the 1890s.
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Photograph by Edmund King and text by Simon Cooke.Reproduced with permission © The British Library Board. All rights reserved.