1939/1939
This archival, hand-sewn journal is made from 100 gsm, antique white Hahnemühle Ingres mouldmade paper from Germany, sewn with Irish linen thread in the linked pattern that was developed by the ancient Copts. This stitch allows the book to lay open easily at any page.
This book’s endbands are blue and gold silk, and its bookmark is goatskin. Its boards are wrapped in an art deco 1939 map of Greater New York.
The talisman in this book is a souvenir coin from the 1939 World’s Fair in New York. Fluorescent lighting was introduced at the Fair, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt appeared live on TV from the fairgrounds, the first U.S. President to appear on television. It was brilliant.
This archival, hand-sewn journal is made from 100 gsm, antique white Hahnemühle Ingres mouldmade paper from Germany, sewn with Irish linen thread in the linked pattern that was developed by the ancient Copts. This stitch allows the book to lay open easily at any page.
This book’s endbands are blue and gold silk, and its bookmark is goatskin. Its boards are wrapped in an art deco 1939 map of Greater New York.
The talisman in this book is a souvenir coin from the 1939 World’s Fair in New York. Fluorescent lighting was introduced at the Fair, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt appeared live on TV from the fairgrounds, the first U.S. President to appear on television. It was brilliant.
This archival, hand-sewn journal is made from 100 gsm, antique white Hahnemühle Ingres mouldmade paper from Germany, sewn with Irish linen thread in the linked pattern that was developed by the ancient Copts. This stitch allows the book to lay open easily at any page.
This book’s endbands are blue and gold silk, and its bookmark is goatskin. Its boards are wrapped in an art deco 1939 map of Greater New York.
The talisman in this book is a souvenir coin from the 1939 World’s Fair in New York. Fluorescent lighting was introduced at the Fair, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt appeared live on TV from the fairgrounds, the first U.S. President to appear on television. It was brilliant.