Paperblanks The Lion's Den Midi lined

This striking Art Deco design comes from the celebrated British bookbinder Sybil Pye (1879-1959). It was created to hold a collection of poems by William Wordsworth, illustrated by Pye's lifelong friend Thomas Sturge Moore. A self-taught artist, Pye began making her first works from naturally dyed leather in the early 1900s before transitioning to multi-colored panels. By 1934, she was designing complex bindings with up to six different inlays, and her works were regularly exhibited worldwide. As one of the youngest bookbinders before World War I, Pye was the only bookbinder in England specializing in inlaid leather bindings. With this series, we pay tribute to a pioneer of book design.