[Rarebooks] FS: Uncommon 1890 Arts & Crafts Designer Portfolio

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

 "A Record of Work. Being Illustrations of Printing, Stencilling and
Painting, Stained Glass, Cabinet-Work and Marquetry, Embroidery, Woven
fabrics and Other Decorative Works Designed and Executed by Aldam Heaton,
With Notes by the Designer"

By [John] Aldam Heaton. Published in London by Aldam Heaton; probably
about 1890.

J. Aldam Heaton [1830-1897] was a noted London designer and a leading
member of the “Neo Classical Arts & Crafts Movement”. A member of William
Morris’s circle, he was also a friend of Dante Gabriel Rosetti, who
painted Heaton’s wife. Most of his designs fall well within the style of
the English Arts & Crafts movement, including his stained glass,
wallpapers, textile designs, ceilings and friezes. When he designed
furniture, though, he veered more toward the classic English 18th century.

This is book is in fact a trade catalog, with each item described and
priced. The first 26 items are Arts & Crafts overmantels, ceilings and
mantels, followed by a dozen wallpapers and carpets; there are then a
half-dozen carved and decorated altar panels, wall pieces and such,
followed by more than 30 stained glass window designs. The catalog is
completed with marquetry panels, furniture, screens and several window
draperies.

A few years after the death of its’ founder, Aldam Heaton & Co. would go
on to design much of the interior of the Titanic.

This is an interesting association copy, with the small bookplate of
“Maurice B. Adams – Chiswick”. Maurice B. Adams [1849-1933] was an
eclectic English architect who lived in and helped promote Bedford Park,
the pioneering London ‘garden suburb’. From 1872 to 1923 he was the editor
of ‘Building News’. Uncommon- OCLC locates only 5 copies.

Hardcover. 9”x11.5”, 6 pages of text plus 63 black & white plates, with
figures numbered 1-90, plus 2 un-numbered plates of drapery; there is no
item 22, but it appears never to have existed.

An albumen print of a painted frieze, apparently by Heaton, is pasted to
the back of plate 14; a cabinet photo of Heaton, with the inked note “J.
Aldam Heaton B.1830 D.1897” is pasted inside the rear cover.

Publisher’s elaborately decorated covers; covers worn, especially at the
tips; upper tip bumped; the outer cloth covering the spine appears to have
perished leaving the black inner cloth, which is stained; spine head and
base chipped; rear cover creased; endpapers soiled, front hinge cracked
but tight; light internal soil and a little browning.  $650.00

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