The Book as Mirror: Embroidered Bindings at the Court of Charles I.

The article focuses on the cultural and symbolic significance of embroidered bookbindings at the Stuart court, particularly those associated with Queen Henrietta Maria and Charles I. Topics include the relationship between embroidered bindings and royal women's symbolic behavior, the material history and production of these bindings in seventeenth-century England, and their reception in the context of the Stuart court's luxury culture.