A House Where Books Are Bound

A narrow brick house with a tiled roof and tall chimney stands on a cobbled street, with five rooms for books. Top left is a panelled study with glass bookcases, a red carpet and a green lamp, where a man writes in a ledger while an older man gestures beside him. Top right is a sloping attic, where an old man writes by a lamp under a skylight. Downstairs left, a bespectacled repairer opens a damaged book for a woman in a hat and brown coat. In the central bindery a man stitches pages at a long bench while a boy in an apron carries a green cover. At bottom right a man handles a blue sheet beside rolls of marbled paper and drawers, with an apprentice. Green wallpaper, red rugs and plank floors set each room apart.