Late 19th C. Georg Hulbe (1851-1917) Embossed Leather Notebook Cover, Art Nouveaux, Armorial
- For your consideration is a rare and interesting artifact
- A notebook cover made of wood covered with embossed and painted genuine leather
- Exquisite Art Nouveaux decoration featuring a Coat of Arms and foliate scrolls
- Skillfully elaborated in the studio of the renown Art Nouveaux artist Georg Hulbe (1851-1917), Hamburg, Germany
- Hulbe’s workshop designed and sold embossed leather furniture, wall treatments, bookbindings, and many other decorative art objects
- His fame was so great that he was chosen to create the “Golden book of the city” as well as the leather wall coverings in the Hamburg town hall
- Today, Hulbe's designs can be found at the Reichstag in Berlin, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, Princeton University Library, and other important collections
- Stamped lower left: "Georg Hulbe / Hamburg Berlin"
- Circa late 1800's
- All original
- Measurements: Approx. 6.25" x 4.25" x 0.5-0.75"
- Weighs about 8 oz.
- Condition: Good overall. Please examine carefully the photos. nice age related patination. Unobtrusive one inch tight split in the leather at the base of the top cover, normal wear consistent with age and use. All original
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