Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology

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straight-grained roan ( long-grained roan )

A sheepskin that is split, dyed, seasoned, machine finished, and grained horizontally on the grain surface with a straight-grain. When the flesh split is so treated, it is called a "straight-grained split."




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