. Modern book-bindings & their designers. ieu FHospitalier,a low-relief on leather, delightfully treated; andalso a scene of women weeping at the soundof chimes, lor Jean Lorrains Sensations et Frciicli Bookbindings Souvenirs, which is one of tlu- nidst interestingthing in repousse leather tliat has recenth beenexhibited. M. Pierre Roelre, ever in tiuest of somethingnovel in applied art for e\•eryda^? purposes, hasdevoted liimself for the past six or se\en \-ears towhat he terms reliures ix/nu/isees in whichthe effects are obtained through translucent,coloured surfaces, somewhat in the stvle o
. Modern book-bindings & their designers. ieu FHospitalier,a low-relief on leather, delightfully treated; andalso a scene of women weeping at the soundof chimes, lor Jean Lorrains Sensations et Frciicli Bookbindings Souvenirs, which is one of tlu- nidst interestingthing in repousse leather tliat has recenth beenexhibited. M. Pierre Roelre, ever in tiuest of somethingnovel in applied art for e\•eryda^? purposes, hasdevoted liimself for the past six or se\en \-ears towhat he terms reliures ix/nu/isees in whichthe effects are obtained through translucent,coloured surfaces, somewhat in the stvle of theold painted enamels, or 7m/ses to lieseen at the Louvre, in the (;aller\- of Apnllo. Ihisingenious itlea has pro\ed successtul, anil is lience-forward at the disposal of all hinders. A word must also be saiti for a new leatherworker, an artist of originalit\- and researeh,M. Rudaux, who has not \et exhibited at ourSalons, but for whom a great success is in storewhen he sliall decide to displa\ his wurk before. DESIGNED AND EXFXI-TED BY MARIUS MICHEL the bibliophiles and artists of Paris. Alread) wehave had IVom him a binding for \illons work,inspired b\ the famous Ballade des Je/alus, thecomposition and delicate, ])recise exeiaition ofwhich are worth) of all praise. MM. Marius Michel and Charles Meunier bringus hack once more to liinders binding, to thereal professional work, in which the ornamentationforms part of the actual book, in which e\erythingis solidl), skilfiill) sewn, mounted and finishedaccording to the laws and traditions of the trade.^\e are no longer called ujjon simply to admire adecorative scheme on a leather-co\-ered eardljoardpanel ; here we know that the panel is bound lastto the \-olume, the cording genuine, and everythingdone in the most careful and workmanlike manner,to form one concrete and substantial whole. M. Marius Michel has receiith produced speci-mens of art liindmg, excellentin taste, and terhnically mostcreditable. bor several \earspast h
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