2-999-379 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Cover of "Les Ballades Françaises", 1927. Art deco cover of "Les Ballades Françaises" (French Ballads) by Paul Fort. This Egyptian-inspired binding employs a technique called "onlay." The book was covered in a single piece of black leather; leathers of different colours were then pared extremely thinly and adhered to the base leather to form the pattern.