St. Clements Press, London : Monotype, Ludlow & Intertype Borders booklet : nd c1955
Undated but feeling very much of the 1950s is this booklet showing examples of printer's borders (sometimes referred to as 'flowers') that was issued by the London based St. Clements Press. The Press is described in the booklet as the "St. Clements Srvice for Advertising Agents" and gives an address at Portugal Street, London WC2.
The borders shown ont he cover are from 18pt. Monotype Glint Borders numbers 1309 and 1310. The vast majority of examples in the catalogue are from Monotype with a few examples from Ludlow and Intertype. The post-war period saw quite a return to typographical fashion for such borders - for example, the British Transport Commission made much use of Monotype borders in its publicity and publications.
The St. Clements Press had an interesting history. Their building and presses in Portugal St, north of Clare Market close to London's Aldwych, was opened in 1898 and they were famous as the printers of the Financial Times. In later years they sold the building out to neighbours the London School of Economics who heavily adapted the structure as the St. Clements Building in the late 1950s. The Press moved to Cannon St and in later years, as a dormant subsidiary of the Financial Times, was used as a vehicle involved in their new print facility in East London. As such they were included in the sale of the FT by Pearson to the Japanese Nikkei Group in 2015.
St. Clements Press, London : Monotype, Ludlow & Intertype Borders booklet : nd c1955
Undated but feeling very much of the 1950s is this booklet showing examples of printer's borders (sometimes referred to as 'flowers') that was issued by the London based St. Clements Press. The Press is described in the booklet as the "St. Clements Srvice for Advertising Agents" and gives an address at Portugal Street, London WC2.
The borders shown ont he cover are from 18pt. Monotype Glint Borders numbers 1309 and 1310. The vast majority of examples in the catalogue are from Monotype with a few examples from Ludlow and Intertype. The post-war period saw quite a return to typographical fashion for such borders - for example, the British Transport Commission made much use of Monotype borders in its publicity and publications.
The St. Clements Press had an interesting history. Their building and presses in Portugal St, north of Clare Market close to London's Aldwych, was opened in 1898 and they were famous as the printers of the Financial Times. In later years they sold the building out to neighbours the London School of Economics who heavily adapted the structure as the St. Clements Building in the late 1950s. The Press moved to Cannon St and in later years, as a dormant subsidiary of the Financial Times, was used as a vehicle involved in their new print facility in East London. As such they were included in the sale of the FT by Pearson to the Japanese Nikkei Group in 2015.