‘Once Upon a Good Time’ by John B. Jaeger
MARRIAGE PROPOSAL
Full leather fine binding with secret compartment for engagement ring box
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Story by John B. Jaeger
Illustrations by Emily Cunningham
Size of the book closed:
150 x 190 mm
Materials:
brown goatskin, painted parchment, palladium leaf, raw silk, semi-precious stones (amethyst)
Techniques:
blind-tooling, raised palladium leaf onlays, edges gilt on the rough, hand-sewn silk headbands, painted and gilt endpapers, blind-tooled leather doublures, raw silk covered drop-back box with individually set stone mosaic, a hidden compartment with bespoke engagement ring box.
In private collection