moiré book cloth
A book cloth having an irregular, wavy finish
produced by embossing in such a manner as to
resemble watered silk. Prayer books and Bibles
sometimes have endpapers consisting of a folded
sheet of black moiré cloth mounted on a
paper flyleaf. Moiré book cloth was at one
time used fairly frequently for doublures. It was
also one of the earliest decorative effects
applied to the calico used for publishers'
bindings. (339 )
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