Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology
polychrome plaque-embossed bindings
A 15th century (Persian) style of decoration characterized by covers embossed with panel stamps or plaques, and then painted. The coloring gives the effect of cutwork tracery to the raised design. (
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