Davenport, Cyril, 1848-1941 · London : Constable · leaf 243
-of-arms,are always of oval outline, but at Little Gidding the irregularJacobean corners and oval centres turned into circularcentres and quarter-circle corners. The gold tooled leatherbindings made at Little Gidding followed closely in detail 220 THE BOOK: ITS HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT. those made… … FlG. 113.—English inlaid and gold tooled bindingmade by Mary Collet at Little Gidding. pleasant departure from the quite regular arrangementsaimed at by Jacobean binders. After 1625 the series and corners tended gradually to fallinto abeyance, and although they did not altogether dis-appear, they…
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