Series: Sybil Pye Bindings

This striking Art Deco design comes from the celebrated British bookbinder Sybil Pye (1879–1959). It was crafted to hold a collection of William Wordsworth’s poems illustrated by Pye’s lifelong friend Thomas Sturge Moore. One of the youngest pre–First World War women binders, Pye was the only binder in England who specialised in inlaid leather bindings. With this series, we pay...

This striking Art Deco design comes from the celebrated British bookbinder Sybil Pye (1879–1959). It was crafted to hold a collection of William Wordsworth’s poems illustrated by Pye’s lifelong friend Thomas Sturge Moore. One of the youngest pre–First World War women binders, Pye was the only binder in England who specialised in inlaid leather bindings. With this series, we pay...

This striking Art Deco design comes from the celebrated British bookbinder Sybil Pye (1879 1959). It was crafted to hold a collection of William Wordsworth s poems illustrated by Pye s lifelong friend Thomas Sturge Moore.Self-taught, Pye began producing her first works in the early 1900s using naturally coloured leather, before graduating to multi-coloured panels. By 1934 she was creating...

This striking Art Deco design comes from the celebrated British bookbinder Sybil Pye (1879 1959). It was crafted to hold a collection of William Wordsworth s poems illustrated by Pye s lifelong friend Thomas Sturge Moore.Self-taught, Pye began producing her first works in the early 1900s using naturally coloured leather, before graduating to multi-coloured panels. By 1934 she was creating...

This striking Art Deco design comes from the British bookbinder Sybil Pye (1879 1959), heralded as one of the top female artisans of her time.Self-taught, Pye began producing her first works in the early 1900s using naturally coloured leather, before graduating to multi-coloured panels. By 1934 she was creating complex covers of up to six different inlays, and her work...

This striking Art Deco design comes from the British bookbinder Sybil Pye (1879 1959), heralded as one of the top female artisans of her time.Self-taught, Pye began producing her first works in the early 1900s using naturally coloured leather, before graduating to multi-coloured panels. By 1934 she was creating complex covers of up to six different inlays, and her work...