. An Arts and Crafts binding. English, late 19th century. Elizabeth Mathieson MacColl (1863–1951) Bluish-green goatskin, with a gilt design tooled mostly with a wheel, showing a peacock with exploding tail. Elizabeth MacColl studied under Sarah Prideaux (191) and became one of the best-known women binders of her time, although all of her bindings were designed by her brother, MacColl. This book was a special binding for the protagonist of the Arts and Crafts movement, Ashbee. Catalogue. 1888. Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society [author] Bodleian Libraries, Catalogue

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