reverse calf
A calfskin finished on the flesh side by light
buffering. The skin is used flesh side out.
Reverse calf was sometimes used in place of suede
leather as a covering material for ledgers and
blankbooks during the latter 18th and early 19th
centuries. Also called "rough calf." (173 , 325 )
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