Title
The Art of the Book: "sketchbooks" / some hand-bindings by Douglass Morse Howell.
Coverage
Douglass Morse Howell (1906-1994)
Date
1974
Subject
Hardbound blank book, with printed description; handmade paper of raw flax and linen; and brochure
Description
Douglass Howell, active 1946–84, produced unique blank journals bound with linen fabric spines and covers made of handmade flax paper over sculpted boards. In this case, three triangular pieces of thick paper were applied to the boards before covering. The pure white, loft-dried, waterleaf paper pages inside were made from white linen cloth.
Source
Thomas J. Watson Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Alexandra Soteriou