Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology
Scotch grain
A pebbled grain pattern in leather produced by embossing. It is usually applied to cow hide or calfskin and is intended to resemble the heavy coarse-grained leather originally produced in Scotland. (
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