Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology

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embossed leather

A leather which has been embossed or printed with a raised design, either in imitation of the grain pattern of some animal, or even unrelated to any natural grain pattern. Cowhide is frequently embossed to give the appearance of another leather, including MOROCCO . (61 )




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