Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology

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grass cloth

A lustrous, plain, usually loosely woven fabric manufactured chiefly in the Orient from various grasses and other vegetable fibers, especiallyRAMIE , and used for lining the spines of books, particularly in the area of manufacture. (142 )




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