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Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892 : A dream of fair women
- Date
- [n.d.]
- By
- Sangorski & Sutcliffe (Firm)
- Reference
- MSRM-03
- Description
At one time the illumination was attributed to Alberto Sangorski (1862-1932), who worked for Sangorski & Sutcliffe between 1905 and 1911. However, the decorative work is not personally signed.
Created in England early 20th century by Sangorski & Sutcliffe.
Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Physical Description: Vellum, 21 leaves (total includes 15 vellum leaves (1 blank), and 6 paper flyleaves), bound; 228 x 162 mm.
Provenance: Sold at Sotheby's Auction, New York, 13 December 2011 as Lot 196.
Illuminated and decorated
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- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 volume(s), Illuminated manuscripts, Parchment, Vellum, 21 leaves (total includes 15 vellum leaves (1 blank), and 6 paper flyleaves), bound; 228 x 162 mm., Illustration: Illuminated and decorated, Binding: Early 20th century jewelled binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Blue-green goatskin, decorated in borders of brown onlays tooled with floral designs, short rules and dots, and with red onlays at the cornerpieces; centre panel of upper board tooled in gold in an elaborate and detailed floral design with red onlays and inset with 5 garnets and 8 turquoise cabochons; spine gilt in compartments with floral designs and red onlays; goatskin turn-ins gilt ruled, white endpapers, gilt edges. Signed on upper turn-in "Illuminated and bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London". Housed in a green goatskin (now faded) gatefold case, lined with cream watered silk and green velvet., Decoration: half-title written in gold with blue penwork; title page and first page of text elaborately decorated with bold acanthus leaves of green, red, blue, and brown on a gold ground, surrounding a large initial 'A' in pink and a miniature of a Pre-Raphaelite woman; text written in red and black ink with small decorated verse initials in red, blue and green ink, and some with gold leaf; final page of text has a 4-line initial 'A' decorated in blue, green and red, on a gold ground, with decoration extending up and down the outer margin, decorated tailpiece in blue, green, red and brown on a gold ground.
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