Certificate of Membership in the Book-binder's Guild
date: label: Date
content: 1750
name: label: Dedicatee
content: Johannes Ibersperger, Austrian
label: Client
content: Simon Ibersperger, Austrian
label: Artist
content: I E W, active 1750s
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Horizontal rectangle. Certificate of membership in the guild of bookbinders issued by Simon Ibersperger to his son, Johannes, on 16 January 1750 upon his admission to the bookbinders guild at Klosterneuberg. The calligraphy is very elaborate with a checkered red and black penwork border. It is signed by four guild members in boxes prepared before signing. A wooden seal of the guild dated 1651 hangs from two crimson ribbons attached to the vellum.
place: label: made in
content: France and England
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Hamill and Barker
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1960-128-12
objectType: label: Type
content: ephemera
label: Object Name
content: Calligraphy
label: Type
content: Calligraphy
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and red and black inks on parchment; silk ribbon with seal in wooden mount mechanically attached to certificate
label: Dimensions
content: Certificate: 44.8 x 61.5 cm (17 5/8 x 24 3/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Certificate with ribbons & seal fully extended: 72 x 61.5 cm (28 3/8 x 24 3/16 in.)