Father Charles Brandt

FATHER CHARLES BRANDT
Black Creek, BC

Father Brandt studied fine binding with Fritz Brunn, Peter Fahey and Stella Patri; finishing with Barbara Hillar; creative binding at Centro del bel libro, Ascona, Switzerland, and restoration binding in Germany and Austria. He has many years of paper and book conservation experience at institutions in New Brunswick, New England and Ontario and was chief conservator of the Provincial Archives of Manitoba. Father Brandt teaches book restoration, curatorial care of paper and fine binding techniques.

Contact: cbrandt@mars.ark.com

Jerome Commentary

Binding: full leather (Morocco) with blind tooling. Sewn on double cords, tight back. Title executed with handle letters. Gilt top-edge. Hand-sewn headbands. Leather hinges. Gilt roll tooling on inside front and back boards.
Dimensions: 18 x 26 x 7 cm (7 x 10 x 3 in).
Slipcase: museum mounting board covered with paper imitation wood veneer. Lined with felt. Edge of brown oasis leather.

History of English Craft Bookbinding Technique
by Bernard C. Middleton

Binding: Full leather with classical gilt design. Hollow back with false raised cords. Gilt top-edge. Hand-sewn headbands.
Dimensions: 15 x 23 x 3 cm (6 x 9 x 1 in).
Slipcase: museum mounting board covered with Charles Brandt hand-marbled original paper. Lined with felt. Edge of purple oasis leather.

Cleaning and Preserving Bindings by Carolyn Horton

Binding: full leather (Morocco) with on-lays and gilt line design. Title with handle letters. Gilt top-edge. Leather hinges. Hand-sewn headbands.
Dimensions: 25 x 22 x 1 cm (10 x 9 x .4 in).
Slipcase: museum mounting board covered with paper imitation wood veneer. Lined with felt. Edge of green oasis leather.