Custom Projects
Leading museums, libraries and private collectors commission work from us. Whether a single copy of a 13th century manuscript, tiny fragments of papyrus, a scroll on copper, or an intricate contemporary manuscript with a thousand-piece marquetry binding, all our projects are completed with the same dedication to excellence.
Leading museums, libraries and private collectors commission work from us. Whether a single copy of a 13th century manuscript, tiny fragments of papyrus, a scroll on copper, or an intricate contemporary manuscript with a thousand-piece marquetry binding, all our projects are completed with the same dedication to excellence.
“For many years now, Linda and Michael have created unique pieces which are owned by private collectors and many famous libraries around the world. The facsimile is no exception and stands as testimony to their immense commitment and dedication to produce books that exude beauty and creativity.”
“For many years now, Linda and Michael have created unique pieces which are owned by private collectors and many famous libraries around the world. The facsimile is no exception and stands as testimony to their immense commitment and dedication to produce books that exude beauty and creativity.”
The Cairo Genizah
For a thousand years, the Jewish community of Fustat (Old Cairo), placed their worn-out books and other writings in the sacred storeroom (genizah) of the Ben Ezra Synagogue.
Nobel Prize for Penicillin
In 1945, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded jointly to Sir Alexander Fleming, Ernst Boris Chain and Sir Howard Walter Florey “for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases”
Song of Songs
Modern manuscript, possibly the most ambitious facsimile ever created in a unique 1,000-piece goatskin marquetry binding. Edition of 67 copies. Bnei Brak, Israel
Book of Ruth
Modern watercolour manuscript printed on Fabriano Ingres in a wood inlay, hand-sewn binding presented in a suede-lined lectern/case. Bnei Brak, Israel
Horological Archive
Collection of the world’s leading watch designer’s images for Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie. Geneva, Switzerland
Heritage Documents
Qatari heritage documents (some on 40gsm paper), newspapers and maps for permanent display in the new National Museum. Doha, Qatar
Baybars Qur’an
The British Library’s greatest Quranic treasure. Seven volumes written entirely in gold Thuluth script for Sultan Baybars in Egypt in 1304. An experimental project and prototype. London.
Book of Esther
Modern manuscript, goatskin marquetry, concertina binding, specially commissioned marbled paper. Edition of 67 copies. Bnei Brak, Israel
50th Anniversary Album
An expansive album celebrating the UAE’s rich poetic and visual heritage. UAE
Copper Scroll
1st century Copper Scroll reproduced in copper with patination to match the original for the Museum of the Bible, Washington, USA
Medieval Miscellany
Research, design, print and bind 36,000 hard-back copies for London publisher Weidenfeld & Nicolson. London, UK
Three Falconry Manuscripts
Early copies of Ibn Ghitrif’s treatise from the Bodleian Library Oxford and the British Library London. Three editions of 220 sets each for the Houbara Foundation, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
“… your company has spared no effort or expenditure in its search for ways in which to make this facsimile perhaps the most faithful and exact copy ever to be produced.
We know of no way in which it could have done more to seek out all that is finest in contemporary craftsmanship in order to reproduce as nearly exactly as possible the colours of the miniatures in the original manuscript and the quality and texture of all the materials used therein.”
“… your company has spared no effort or expenditure in its search for ways in which to make this facsimile perhaps the most faithful and exact copy ever to be produced.
We know of no way in which it could have done more to seek out all that is finest in contemporary craftsmanship in order to reproduce as nearly exactly as possible the colours of the miniatures in the original manuscript and the quality and texture of all the materials used therein.”
Bodleian Library, Oxford