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An alphabet of monograms

Blair kindly pointed me toward an alphabet of monograms on Present&Correct.

BB monogram
Q monograms

It tried to find the accompanying brand names and designers. Nothing came up, but I did find what looks like a gem of a book, also titled An Alphabet of Monograms, by Henry Lillie, seemingly published in 1865.

An Alphabet of Monograms
Cover image from the State Library of Massachusetts
An Alphabet of Monograms

It’s a bit grotty, to be expected from a library book of that age, but what a great archive of the decorative nature of Victorian design.

An Alphabet of Monograms
An Alphabet of Monograms

A few more pages from the book on thegraphicdesignproject.

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3 comments

Josten Dooley,

Such a beautiful book full of beautiful work.

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ANKAA,

These are fantastic! Love the little bronze page-holding hand. ;)

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