Studio: international art (22.1901)

Studio- Talk

COPENHAGEN.—The name of Anker
Kyster is not unfamiliar to lovers of
artistic bookbindings ; in fact, he has
many friends both in Europe and
America. The following illustrations show some
of his latest work, which can only serve to
further enhance his reputation as a craftsman
of great skill. The binding of "Shakespeare's
Poems" (designed by Th. Bindesboll) is a
darkish brown, with pale-blue and yellow oma-

BOOKBINDING DESIGNED BY TH. BINDESBOLL

EXECUTED BY ANKER KYSTER

mentation laid in, the lines being done in gold.
Morris's " Love is Enough " (designed by Th.
Bindesboll) is claret-coloured, with green leaves
and pale-blue flowers. Dobson's "Proverbs in
Porcelain" (designed by Th. Bindesboll) is pale-
blue, with yellow and pink flowers, the re-
markably well-designed ornamentation being in
gold. The cover for the cleverly illustrated
Danish book, "Troldtoj" ("Witchery"), designed
by Professor A. Jerndorff, is a binding of quite
unusual artistic and decorative merit, harmonising
entirely with the weirdness of the book and its
illustrations. It gives one a distinct impression
of something uncanny, something threatening,
and the excellence of the colouring forms
a worthy sequel to the ingenuity and the
originality of the design. The colours are dark

BOOKBINDING DESIGNED BY PROF. A. JERNDORFF

EXECUTED BY ANKER KYSTER

brown, black, a sombre dark-blue, and a slate or
steel-coloured grey, into which penetrate flashes of
a yellowish-red or orange, the whole forming a
peculiarly striking cover.

G. B.

BOOKBINDING DESIGNED BY TH. BINDESBOLL

EXECUTED BY ANKER KYSTER

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