New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-24
BEAUTIFUL BOOK COVERS.
MISS NoRDHoFF. BOOKBISDER. GIVES Az
EXHIBITION OF HER WORK

EXHIBITION OF HER WORK.
Miss Evelyn Hunter Nordhon Is an arts, who de-
yelops her fanclcs in leather. In her studio at No
20 Washington Square many specimens OF her
handlwork are on exhibition. and In n talk with
Tribune reporter she told Of her fondncss for her
speciality.
~ am bookblnder." she said. and took W
tho business principally because Of my fondn"s-
for books love them go. They are real friends
and should be taken care OF with genuine aPprecIa-
ton
when did you frs, take up bookbindingT
About eight years ago. ! spent six months with
the great publishing FIRM OF Golden -Snnderson. In
London and what learned there has been invali-
able to me ! really like 20 make n book-get the
sheets from the publisher. refod them and bind
them II IL difrcult work. and many as thirty
Ave or forty processes have TO be gone through
before the binding OF a book r. really finished
do not Ike 10 bind nrs, editions. rule. ike TO
wait and see whether the book Is 10 liv" and be
worthy OF preservation Then Ike to give II
beautiful cover that - at lasting ana artistic
] have young Canadian girl with me learning 10
bind books. and she is an apt pupil. am iona "'
teaching and have come promising pupils but MISS
Prat. my Canadian assistant. does exceptionally
good work She will take a book that Is torn ana
mend Il 90 carefully and neatly one can scarcely
tell where IT was injured. She really darns the
leaves and splits bits OF paper and Inserts them In
the torn places I'm the most beautiful way.
.'Then I have n class Of children In the Sullivan
Street School OF the Chidren's AID Society. They
do we'll and have made some really pretty little
holiday gifts which have sale here FOR them.
| do , good deal q etching. and | mako my own
designs ! paint and varnish IN" leather hlysei
and stamp II with any design wish.
Miss Nordhon then showed her WORK 10 me TO-
p0rlor There were book covers that could not
wear out made OF cowskin or sole leather. Miss
Nordhon prefers the rich deep coQrs mat VIII h1d
their own for a century. One OF IN" objects IN me
exhibit was a large fire screen OF beaten STAMPED
and painted leather. representing a phoenix RISING
from the flames An ornamental table was made
entirely OF leather I'm soft tan shade. Aside rom
numerous book covers In delicate shade" cream
nalc ros. and water grccn-there we're calendar
frames photograph frames. collar ana cum boxes,
men wiprrs letter racks purses, wallets. caro-
cases tobacco pouches, workbask"ts. belts. mAtcil
leather in many soft shades and showing Original
and quaint designing. The Australian glory pt'
was conventionalizcd and used In ne ofhameh,a'
lion OF the fancy leather table. bellows showed "
ncafoWl's tail painted In the natural coloTs loo'
atooI had n border Of squash blooms ana leaves
and buds running around IT; the design was copieu
one Of DR.. r F Aliens books was bound IN
caIfskin showing water blossoms on cream
t,~f,rd The lining pale water green ME
NordhoN did all the eichinRs in this DAINTY Volume'
telling the history OF the water plants oi AW'Il'd'
Some OF the q, signs on some imported JaPhheSS'
Leather for bindings showed queer. fasclnailn sop
iins and rriflns and dragons. fresh from the nam
Of the cunning Japanese artlhccr ne IeatTntii -
PAINTED deerskln and Is as soft and boautliul az
me French felt The feathers in an shhhurs
inok ike velvet and feel like softcst iur. MIS-
Nordhon buys most Of her leather IN Ncw- ofN'
,xcept the Morocco and the Japanese decrskin'