Ivory Book Set in Shagreen-Embossed Leather, Set of 12

This Ivory Book Set brings twelve volumes bound in shagreen-embossed leather to a shelf or a table, the pale cream covers carrying the fine pebbled grain the embossing is made to imitate. Because the twelve come in mixed sizes, the group reads as a collected library rather than a matched run of identical spines. Texture is the whole interest here, with no printing and no color to pull against it.

Each book measures 7 to 10 inches wide by 1 inch deep, with heights from 5 to 7 inches, and sizes vary across the twelve. That range is the point. Stack three or four on a coffee table as a riser for a bowl, run a row between bookends on a console, or scatter them over several shelves to break up a wall of printed hardbacks.

Cream with gold highlights is an easy way to quiet a busy bookcase, and these sit as well in a paneled study as in a plain modern living room. Set them against dark wood for contrast, or keep the palette tonal with alabaster and bone accessories so the pebbled surface does the work. A few laid flat under a lamp will finish a side table on their own.

Dimensions : 7"-10"w x 1"d x 5"-7"h (sizes vary)