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Title

 Binding, Jan C.M. Mensing and Theo Nieuwenhuis, 1906


Creator

 Mensing, Jan C.M. (boekbinder/bookbinder), Nieuwenhuis, Theo (boekbinder/bookbinder)


Year

 1906


Type

 boekband, binding


Measurements

 21,1 x 14,8 x 2,8 cm.


Related term

 boekbanden, perkament, batikken op perkament


Period

 20e eeuw


Classification

 F: Bindkunst


Content

 Binding of parchment batiked in brown and light-blue, bound by Jan Mensing after a design by Theo Nieuwenhuis, a well-known representative of `Nieuwe Kunst ( Dutch Art Nouveau). Both covers have a line panel in gold, which have brown patterns of leaves and blue flowers batiked inside. Besides gold-tooling, batiking on parchment was much sought after in the first decades of the 20th century for special items.


Original

 Hofker, Jan. - Gedachten en verbeeldingen / door Jan Hofker ; met inleiding van L. van Deyssel. - Amsterdam : Van Looy, 1906


available in

 Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 1771 F 2


@description

 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek


@reproduction

 Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek