blind finishing
Any of the several techniques of decorating a
binding by tooling without the use of gold, or
other leaf metals, or coloring materials. Blind
finishing includes: 1) impressing the surface of
the covering material with a heated tool (See: BLIND TOOLING ); 2)
embossing leather from the flesh side while wet,
with the pattern being outlined by an indented
line; and 3) cutting the leather so as to create a
design in relief. See: CUIR-CISELÉ .
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