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A COLLECTION OF BOOK PLATES from a large format late 19th or early 20th century French book showing grand domestic interiors together with a German folio containing plates depicting curtains in grand windows and further interiors 'Ausstattung Vornehmer Wohnräume', each series of plates approximately 50cm high
Skilleter (Andrew, b.1948). Original artwork for Greenwitch, The Dark Is Rising Sequence, by Susan Cooper, 1992, acrylics on artist's board, depicting the prone sleeping figure of Jane Drew below a window at which appears a female face in vegetal form (the Greenwitch), with a breeze blowing the curtains and leaf debris inwards, signed lower left, image size 35 x 45cm (13.75 x 17.75ins), sheet size 39 x 50cm (15.25 x 19.75ins), artist's printed label on verso (Qty: 1)Provenance: from the studio of the artist. Cover design for The Dark Is Rising Sequence by Susan Cooper, executed for an edition published by The Bodley Head in 1992; this work for the third title in the series of five.Andrew Skilleter b.1948 Andrew Skilleter studied at Bournemouth & Poole College of Art and maintained a busy career from the 1970s as a versatile illustrator producing hundreds of covers for adult, teenage and children’s books, including a large number for Puffin Books, across numerous genres. His work has also encompassed illustrations for many books, magazines, posters and multimedia publications. Ivanhoe, his first work as author and illustrator for children, was published as a deluxe hardback in 1997. Skilleter has had a long working relationship with the BBC. He is known all over the world for his prolific output of Doctor Who artwork for the BBC and other publishers, work which was showcased in a book published in 1995 entitled Blacklight: The Art of Andrew Skilleter. The artist regards as one of his greatest achievements the seven audio cassette covers for BBC Radio 4’s adaptation of C.S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia,dramatisedby Brian Sibley; four of these are being offered in this sale. In an online blog Brian Sibley writes of his delight in having Skilleter as illustrator, saying that the artist brought “an intelligence and a sympathy that complimented the telling of these much-loved tales, coupled with a sensibility as a designer for creating intriguing images that invited the listener to discover the story behind the pictures”. Also offered here are five original dust jacket designs for the classic series The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper, published by The Bodley Head in 1992. In an article for ‘Folio Society Magazine’ the author described Skilleter’s dramatic illustration for Under Sea, Over Stone as showing “an evilly threatening Lord of the Dark in a swirling robe”, and praised the artwork for its immediate visual appeal and accurate representation of the text. Paintings by Andrew Skilleter have been exhibited in London and across the UK, including at The Association of Illustrators. Numerous pieces of his work are to be found in private collections in the UK as well as globally. The works of art offered here are being sold direct from the artist himself.
Four various Morris & Co Trent printed linen curtains designed by John Henry Dearle, designed 1888, decorated with a floral repeat unsigned, 216 x 256cm (largest), (4) Provenance Rodmarton Manor Literature Linda Parry William Morris Textiles, Crescent, page 158 figure 63 this design illustrated
A pair of Morris & Co Tulip & Rose woven curtains designed by William Morris, designed in 1876, in shades of green and beige on a deep green ground, losses to one edge, 288 x 167cm and 28 x 162cm (2) Literature Linda Parry William Morris Textiles, Crescent, page 148 figure 12 for this design illustrated. It is stated that the textile was woven by Heckmondwike. Provenance Napier Road, Kensington, by repute.
Interior Design. A mixed collection of approximately eighty-five prints,19th century , chromolithographs of interiors, curtains, printed designs, stained glass and wall paper patterns, with examples by Waring, Bedford, Ackermann and Thézard, mostly 4to and folio, various condition (Qty: approx. 85)

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