mirror binding
A style of decoration featuring a dark marbled
central panel (the mirror), surrounded by a gold
tooled frame and, outside of that, a lighter area
that is also surrounded, but by a blind rather
than a gold tooled line. The spine is usually
heavily gilt. So-called mirror bindings were
popular in Denmark in the 18th century. (104 )
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