DOI Heft:
No. 67 (October 1898)
DOI Artikel:Mr. Talwin Morris's designs for cloth bindings
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19230#0059
Designs for Cloth Bindings
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the air, together with waves, igdrasil,
and the setting sun, he has tried too
much; yet a less fecund imagination
would find material for a dozen patterns,
all new and good, in this one cover.
"In a Stranger's Garden " stands by
itself, as a pleasant conceit of bird
forms and flame-shaped leaves; a
harmony of dark purple, olive, and sage
colours.
Another group with boldly drawn
flowers in colour includes " A Golden
Age," with yellow blossoms and green
foliage on citrene ground. " Sir Wil-
frid's Grandson," with yellow-green
flowers on peacock blue cloth ; " Dulcie
the King," with Cape-gooseberries;
"A Girl's Loyalty," with Fritillaries;
" Wilfrid Joyce," a good pattern of
thistles; "Joan's Adventures," a very
happy design of its class; and " That
Merry Crew," another excellent treat-
ment of floral forms. Last, yet early „T™„ ^,r>Tx,^ ^.t„„»t
' ' j design for cloth binding by talwin morris
in order of merit, is the simple but
wholly satisfactory " repeat" pattern
cover on the serial issue in paper wrappers of with as much and no more licence than the worker
" The Natural History of Plants." is able to justify; but, realising that Mr. Morris
Design is to a large extent a matter of taste, has expended so much good work on books of a
popular class, it is extremely pleasant
to be able to comment favourably
on the ingenuity of the designer
and the good taste of his publishers
who are willing to raise the standard
of such bindings to an infinitely
higher level than is customary.
Credit is due to those who dis-
tribute fine things as well as to those
who design them. Of course the
credit cannot be divided equally ;
but the manufacturer who calls into
being a good design, and circulates
it by thousands, is a most welcome
and powerful ally, indeed the most
welcome and most powerful of all
under present conditions. For a
private patron can but fill his own
house—or two, if he be lucky enough
to have a town and country resi-
dence ; but the manufacturer can
fill thousands of houses with good
designs if the middleman allows
him to do so.
It may be said that Mr. Talwin
design for cloth binding by talwin morris Morris's cloth bindings are not
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Baddy
JJmlIels
Darling
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1
DaduyJamOels
Darlino ^Sl&.
o
8
• « ■ » •■ » • » •!
•
(•5 .
the air, together with waves, igdrasil,
and the setting sun, he has tried too
much; yet a less fecund imagination
would find material for a dozen patterns,
all new and good, in this one cover.
"In a Stranger's Garden " stands by
itself, as a pleasant conceit of bird
forms and flame-shaped leaves; a
harmony of dark purple, olive, and sage
colours.
Another group with boldly drawn
flowers in colour includes " A Golden
Age," with yellow blossoms and green
foliage on citrene ground. " Sir Wil-
frid's Grandson," with yellow-green
flowers on peacock blue cloth ; " Dulcie
the King," with Cape-gooseberries;
"A Girl's Loyalty," with Fritillaries;
" Wilfrid Joyce," a good pattern of
thistles; "Joan's Adventures," a very
happy design of its class; and " That
Merry Crew," another excellent treat-
ment of floral forms. Last, yet early „T™„ ^,r>Tx,^ ^.t„„»t
' ' j design for cloth binding by talwin morris
in order of merit, is the simple but
wholly satisfactory " repeat" pattern
cover on the serial issue in paper wrappers of with as much and no more licence than the worker
" The Natural History of Plants." is able to justify; but, realising that Mr. Morris
Design is to a large extent a matter of taste, has expended so much good work on books of a
popular class, it is extremely pleasant
to be able to comment favourably
on the ingenuity of the designer
and the good taste of his publishers
who are willing to raise the standard
of such bindings to an infinitely
higher level than is customary.
Credit is due to those who dis-
tribute fine things as well as to those
who design them. Of course the
credit cannot be divided equally ;
but the manufacturer who calls into
being a good design, and circulates
it by thousands, is a most welcome
and powerful ally, indeed the most
welcome and most powerful of all
under present conditions. For a
private patron can but fill his own
house—or two, if he be lucky enough
to have a town and country resi-
dence ; but the manufacturer can
fill thousands of houses with good
designs if the middleman allows
him to do so.
It may be said that Mr. Talwin
design for cloth binding by talwin morris Morris's cloth bindings are not
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