. Modern book-bindings & their designers. ming with the For some thirty years Cklessens has been engaged Studio ot Claessens a kind ot triumvirate, under in the producition of an important series of works the auspices of which grew up man) of the most of the highest artistic value, which are greatly unique collections of books of tlie present eentur\, appreciated by connoisseurs who had previfjusly now, alas I most of them Amongst thelibraries which owed their initiatiw to flaessens,01i\er, and \an Trigt, were those of the Puke ofArenberg and of Messrs. Capron, lvoftoe(J, \e\dt,Ve
. Modern book-bindings & their designers. ming with the For some thirty years Cklessens has been engaged Studio ot Claessens a kind ot triumvirate, under in the producition of an important series of works the auspices of which grew up man) of the most of the highest artistic value, which are greatly unique collections of books of tlie present eentur\, appreciated by connoisseurs who had previfjusly now, alas I most of them Amongst thelibraries which owed their initiatiw to flaessens,01i\er, and \an Trigt, were those of the Puke ofArenberg and of Messrs. Capron, lvoftoe(J, \e\dt,Vergauwcn, Rene della Faille, Thomas \\ estwood,the Che\alier \an Ha\re, M. wni den Ieerehoom,and man\- others. It was, in fact, a golden timefor collectors of ancient books antl of illustratedworks dating from the eighteenth centur\. To givebut one instance of th,e prices realised, the so-calledPatissicf FraiiCius fetched francs at theCapron sale, held on the prennses ot the IjooksellerOliver mentioned above, whereas now the highest. AM> KXECUTEU IIV .\ M. preferred to go t(j French craftsmen for theirbindings. In elder Claessens was joined b) hisson P. (laessens, who pro\ed a woith\ c(jadjutorof his lather, and praise could certainly go nofurther. Jogether the\ worked for many happy\ears, gi\iiig special attention to the reproduc-tion ol ancient designs, but at the same timene\er failing to keep their eyes open to thetendencies ot the da\, for the\ recognised thatthe art of binding, like e\er\- other dee(jrati\eart, was ai)proaarture withwhich it beho\ed ever\ intelligent craftsmanto be ni touch. Man\ Well-known and mostsuccessful artists were muchattracted l)v the work ot theelder Claessens, and he in-terested them greatly in hismethods. Amongst them maylie especialh mentioned thatmost modern ol moderndecorators, H. Van de Velde,who made many clever andbeautiful binding designs forthe master craftsmen, some ofwhich have alrea
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