Mary Crease Sears
American bookbinder 1859- 1938
About Mary Crease Sears
Lived 1859 – 1938 (aged 78). Mary Crease Sears was a bookbinder.
Ad for The Sears - St. John School of Bookbinding in Boston, 1906 Mary Crease Sears (1859 – 1938) was an American bookbinder and cover designer, known for her Arts and Crafts style work.
Sears was born in Watertown, Massachusetts on August 18, 1859. She attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and also studied book making in France and Britain. In Europe she met fellow artist Agnes St. John who Sears would go on the collaborate with for many years.
One of her bound books was commissioned for Isabella Stewart Gardner and is now in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum collection. Sears was a member of The Society of Arts and Crafts of Boston, elected as a "Master Craftsmen" in 1904. Case was also a member of the Copley Society of Art.
Sears died in 1938 in Boston.
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American bookbinder 1859- 1938
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Mary Crease Sears was born on 18 August 1859 in Watertown.
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Mary Crease Sears died on 22 May 1938 in Boston.
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Mary Crease Sears was a bookbinder.
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