Pat & George Sargent

For twenty five years, Pat & George Sar­gent have run the Drag­on­fly Bindery Stu­dio as a cel­e­bra­tion of all that we love in books new and old…

Trained at The Rhode Island School of Design, Pat & George began in 1982 by spe­cial­iz­ing in the restora­tion and rebind­ing of old books, doc­u­ments, maps, & rock posters!

They quickly branched into the cre­ation of one-of-a-kind designer bind­ings and cases for all sorts of pre­cious items. They’ve housed a piece of the Berlin Wall, 3-D Col­lectibles such as Burmese Shadow Pup­pets, Quilts, Mar­i­onettes, and his­tor­i­cal arti­facts from the Suf­fragette Move­ment. 300 of their unique custom-bound rare books were auc­tioned at Christie’s in 2005.

More recently they’ve built on George’s love of posters, which he began design­ing in high school. At first he restored posters from the 30’s and 40’s through the six­ties — then designed new ones, includ­ing many for musi­cians appear­ing at Chan’s in Woonsocket, RI. What started with trad­ing other col­lec­tors for posters has expanded to become another Drag­on­fly ser­vice — though they still do it mostly for the love of it.

Drag­on­fly Bindery Studio

Moon­al­ice Poster by Pat & George Sargent: