Nobility and grace are restored in our filigreed cover design. Originally crafted in 1675 by the Queens Binder A, the balance of open space and intricate elements make it a…

During the Tang Dynasty (618 907), the Emperor Taizong founded an opera school called Liyuan (Pear Garden). Chinese opera reached its pinnacle under the Qing court (1644 1911), giving birth…

Persian Safavid-style designs from the Islamic Golden Age represented a high point in the art of the book. Our cover portrays a filigree pattern incorporating handtooled motifs that retain their…

Azulejos are painted, glazed ceramic tiles that date back to 13th-century Portugal. Today, we see these decorative tiles across a wide range of buildings, from monasteries and palaces to railway…

These intricate details of spring and summer flowers are from an 18th-century Japanese paper screen by artist Watanabe Shiko. Rinpa is a leading historical school of Japanese painting, established in…

This gold-tooled design comes from a unique binding attributed to Christian Samuel Kalthoeber, a German bookbinder working in London. He created the beautiful new cover for this copy of Shakespeare…

Considered one of the masters of the Italian Renaissance, Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 1564) produced the finest frescoes and many of the most revered sculptures in the world. This letter, written…

With its intricate flying buttresses and ornate religious sculptures, the Duomo di Milano represents the pinnacle of Italian Gothic architecture. The drawing recreated here is part of a series proposed…