The most recent addition to our ever-growing collection of papier mâché bindings, this copy of Friendship’s Token is bound in embossed leather with a painted “mâché centre.”
Papier mâché was used for decorative bindings in America only briefly, from about 1850-1855. To see more of our collection, check out our Flickr page!
Friendship’s Token. New York: Leavitt & Allen, n.d.
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Frontispiece: Five people dressed for costume ball, four sitting, one standing …
“Hearts and Masks” (1905), by Harold MacGrath
Illustrations by Harrison Fisher
I led her over to a secluded nook. We sat down.
“Hearts and Masks” (1905), by Harold MacGrath
Illustrations by Harrison Fisher
“Madame, will you do me the honor to raise your mask?”
“Hearts and Masks” (1905), by Harold MacGrath
Illustrations by Harrison Fisher
Traditional Easter egg decorating in various regions of Ukraine.
From:
Елиїв Зенон - Двадцять кіп писанок.
From Hearts and Masks by Harold MacGrath and illustrated by Harrison Fisher, 1905.
The most intriguing vintage masks I’ve encountered are here.
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Ambuluwawa Tower, Sri Lanka. @jordhammond
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