Sheet of Curwen Press in-house wrapping paper (Eric Gill) Size-S and The Stingrays

and The Stingrays

by architect David Morely

This example came from the estate of MacDonald Gill and would have been retained as a reference copy

The design was inspired by a cast of The Dying Slave

Sheet of Curwen Press in-house wrapping paper (Eric Gill) Size-S and The StingraysA sheet of in house wrapping paper from the Curwen Press, based on an original design by Eric Gill, c. 1970. The Curwen Press was famous for the quality and range of its commercially available decorative endpapers, with designs by Eric Ravilious, Claud Lovat Fraser, Enid Marx, Edward Bawden and several others. This design, though, was only used by the Curwen Press. A higher resolution image is available for viewing on request.