Shepherds

Hugo

Handmade stationery & book binding - presents? 9th February 2008

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An unusual and charismatic shop that is a pleasure to potter about. Mainly known for its book binding it also has an intriguing collection of hand-made stationery including, folders, albums, diaries, guest books, journals and writing paper. They also seem to import their own classic beautiful Japanese paper and then use it in their products.

They also do picture framing, which was the first reason why I went in but will be remembering it for Christmas, special occasions and personal treats.

The shop itself is a little wonderland and you can tell that they are passionate about what they do.

The bookbinding is not something I know anything about but they have an air of eminence about their activities. The website expains..."Shepherds is home to two of London's oldest and most prestigious bookbinding companies, Zaehnsdorf (est.1842) and Sangorski & Sutcliffe (est.1901). The binderies were taken over by Shepherds in 1998 and the bindery now trades under the single name of Sangorski & Sutcliffe.
These two old London binderies are widely acknowledged as two of the most important hand-bookbinding companies of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries."....blimey. When I need a book binding I will know where to turn and I feel this is an important local shop to support and in any case the things they have to offer ooze a classic handmade superiority that should come in handy for present buying...