About the cover:

Portfolio Two printed sheepskin vellum sheets stitched into a red marocco portfolio, hand-gilt lines and scroll motif on both covers, gilt inner edges, black leather lining around light beige silk mirror, hinged case in dark red silk and lined with molleton.

About the content:

Certificate folder The General Assembly of the Association of Swiss-German Master Bookbinders appoints Albert Burkhardt an honorary member for his professional commitment on the board, as creator of professional films, as founder of the professional museum and above all for his 18 years as editor of the Swiss trade journal for bookbinding.

About the artist: Thorvald Henningsen was born in Lausanne in 1896 and completed his bookbinding apprenticeship with Konrad Häsler in Zurich from 1910 to 1914. He gained a wide range of professional experience at various workplaces in Switzerland. After qualifying as a master craftsman in 1921, he was the manager of the Schumacher bookbindery in Bern. In 1946, he took over a bookbinding workshop at Napfgasse 4 in Zurich's old town, directly above Café Schober. The years leading up to the sale of his workshop in 1972 were intense: in addition to managing his soon very renowned workshop, he taught at the arts and crafts schools in Zurich and Bern, gave evening classes for bookbinders and preparatory courses for the master craftsman's examination. He was on the board of the Cantonal Zurich Master Bookbinder Association and the Museum of Bookbinding, as well as being involved in promotional films and trade exhibitions. He became known beyond Switzerland as the author of specialist books and articles.