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THE TALE OF KING FLORUS AND FAIR JEHANE thought to be embroidered by May Morris, daughter of William Morris — Source © The University of Manchester Library
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Fashionable in the 16th and 17th century, the art of embroidering unique covers for books saw a comeback in late 19th-century England, from the middle-class drawing room to the Arts and Crafts movement.
BUNDLE OF BALLADS by Henry Morley (1891). Embroidered in silk thread and gold with a scrolling tree inhabited by a pair of cats above a pair of monkeys who are teasing a pair of dogs below with a bone on a string .
AMOS JUDD by J.A. Mitchell (New York: Scribners, 1901). Illustrated by A.I. Keller. Binding designed by Amy Richards
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Death on the Pale Horse by Gustave Doré (1865)
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