Sire Degrevaunt
Title:
Sire Degrevaunt
Description:
Finnish artist Eva Sparre was known for her bookbinding, leatherwork, textiles, and furniture design. . She was a student of woodcarving and leatherwork at the Stockholm Technical School and taught leatherwork at Helsinki’s Central School of Applied Arts. In 1896, during a visit to England, she and her husband encountered the Arts and Crafts movement and determined to apply its ideals in Finland. Upon their return they founded the ceramics and furniture firm Iris Company in Porvoo. This fine example of Sparre’s work is in full cut and modeled calfskin. It is signed on the lower cover: Eva Sparre.
Creator:
Ellis, Frederick Startridge
Publisher:
Printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press
Date:
1896
Coverage:
[Hammersmith]
Display Date:
1896
Hover Text:
Eva Sparre — bookbinder and artist
Published Item:
P
Item Index:
10
Item Sort:
Bookbindings
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