G. Bell and Sons | People | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

We have 2 objects that G. Bell and Sons has been involved with.

The cover of a dark blue fabric-bound book, slightly dirtied and worn around the edges. At the top, in medieval-style impressed gold lettering, is 'The Bases Of Design / By Walter Crane'. Below, also impressed in gold, is a stylized illustration of a winged woman standing in front of a tree. She is nude, arms raised overhead, birdlike wings spread against the leafy branches of the tree. The shape of the tree's foliage and trunk is like a goblet. The roots of the tree descend in a triangle shape, with words tucked in the spaces between. The words are in small capitalized handwritten-like letters, and separated into two or three chunks divided by dots: 'sym/bolic', 'graph/ic', 'indi/vi/dual', 'col/lect/ive', 'condi/tions', 'cli/matic', 'rac/ial', 'utili/ty', 'mat/erial', 'archi/tect/ural'.

G. Bell and Sons has collaborated with
Walter Crane.

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