Video Fridays: Conserving French Bookbindings at the Morgan Library

Courtesy of the Morgan Library & Museum

Various bindings on exhibition in Bound for Versailles: The Jayne Wrightsman Bookbindings Collection at the Morgan Library.

As readers of FB&C know, the Morgan Library is currently hosting a gorgeous exhibition of fine bindings, Bound for Versailles: The Jayne Wrightsman Bookbindings Collection, through September 26. Curator John T. McQuillen wrote this essay about his experience with the collection for our summer issue.

The Morgan Library also posted a short video from the point of view of the library conservators working with this collection. Check it out here: