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New York calls to mind many things: the Chrysler Building with its innovative design and sunburst pattern, the Empire State building with its amazing views and dominating size, Rockefeller Center seamlessly merging commerce and art. Each of these cherished pieces of New York were created during one of the city's most stylish and dazzling decades: the 1920s and 30s. New York Deco profiles this magnificent period of creativity in architecture when art deco thrived with its emphasis on machinetooled elegance and sleek lines. Many of the New York City landmarks were born of this age, as well as dozens of lesser-known office buildings and apartment houses. Together, they make the skyline of the B...
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This blue and gold Paperblanks Equinoxe Azure journal reproduces a 1688 binding protecting L'office de la Semaine Sainte. The original binding was adorned "à la fanfare," a handtooled pattern edged in gilt. "Fanfare," which was a style popular in the seventeenth century, required tremendous skill on the part of the bookbinder and was reserved for books of great importance.
Night-blooming flowers blossom across the covers of this serene journal. A dusting of gorgeous gold foil illuminates the intricate details. 192 lightly lined pages provide plenty of space for personal reflection, sketching, or jotting down favorite quotations or poems. Smooth-finish, acid-free archival paper takes a variety of pens beautifully. A satin ribbon marker keeps your place. A classic feature: gilded-gold page edging. Journal is a larger size: 7-1/4'' wide x 9'' high. Substantial hardcover binding. Raised embossing lends dimensional detailing to our cover design. Complementary endsheets. Illustration by Nansei Sakagami.
Record your dreams, make grand plans, and discover your true self as you journal within the pages of this elegant journal. Lightly-lined writing pages provide plenty of space for personal reflection, sketching, making lists, or jotting down quotations or poems. Acid-free archival paper takes pen beautifully. Journal cover is a reproduction of a 19th-century gold-tooled binding of a volume of poems by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, who wrote, ''Bless love and hope, true soul; for we are here.'' Sophisticated design is embellished with delicate gold foil tracery. Raised embossing lends dimension. A gold satin ribbon bookmark marks your place. Gilded-gold page edging is a classic touch. Journal measures 6-1/4 inches wide by 8-1/4 inches high. 160 pages.
Combining the Latin words "filum" (thread) and "granum" (seed), silver "filigree" describes an art form that is achieved by first die cutting a base layer of silver sheets and then meticulously etching elaborate grooves into its surface. The polished binding seen on Paperblanks Silver Filigree Maya Blue Address Book is inspired by a 1697 French edition of Johann Arndt's Paradiesgärtlein.
Jane Austen's Persuasion (1818) is the author's most biting and ironic work. In the novel, Austen gives us a satisfying love story while also turning a critical gaze on the kinds of persuasion enforced on young women. Here we have reproduced a rare surviving manuscript page from the story's eleventh chapter. Size: Width: 380mm (15") x Height: 380mm (15") x Depth: 90mm (31/2")
The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944), is a classic of children's literature that has become one of the most translated books in the world. His unmistakable illustrations and the tale's collective ideas on the human condition continue to captivate and inspire imagination in readers of every age. Size: Width: 380mm (15") x Height: 380mm (15") x Depth: 90mm (31/2")
British theatre designer Alec Shanks made his name working in Paris at the famed Folies-Bergère cabaret. His drawing that inspired this cover artwork, created in 1932 using charcoal, watercolour and gouache on paper, was originally designed for the revue "Nuits de Folies." Original Art: Watercolour drawing by costume designer Alec Shanks. Era: 1932. Region: Paris.
Reproduced here is artwork from The Secret of Kells, the first instalment in Cartoon Saloon's Irish Folklore Trilogy. Set in eighth-century Ireland, the stunning artwork was influenced by Irish medieval illustrations, creating a visual depth unmatched by many mainstream offerings. The bewitching fairy tale is a spirited retelling of the origin of the Book of Kells, an ancient illuminated manuscript that is Ireland's most cherished artifact. Size: Width: 180mm (7") x Height: 230mm (9") x Depth: 20mm (3/4") Interior: Lined GSM (paper weight): 120 Cover: Hardcover Pouch Type: Memento Pouch