Tribute Book of Autographs
artist
Mary Crease Sears
(Boston, 1880 - 1938)
binder
Agnes St. John
(active Boston, 1890 - 1929)
designer
John Templeman Coolidge
(Boston, 1856 - 1945)
Date1909
Place MadeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America
MediumBinding: leather set with silver and an emerald; Ink on paper
Dimensions23 x 15 cm (9 1/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
ClassificationsBooks
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberU19w40
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryFor Isabella’s 69th birthday, her friends Gretchen Osgood Warren and Henry Lee Higginson, founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, commissioned the binding for this book of autographs from the influential Arts and Crafts bookbinder Mary Crease Sears and her partner, Agnes St. John. More than 200 of Isabella’s friends signed it to show their appreciation for her creation of the museum.
Id729247
Last Updated9/4/24
EmbARK ObjectID14338
Previous Number571
Source ID3145
Ludwig Rosenthal's Antiquariaat
1909
