Bookbinding, with numerous engravings and diagrams (1907)
Hasluck, Paul N. (Paul Nooncree), 1854-1931 · London, New York [etc.] : Cassell and Company, Limited · leaf 104
of calf-skin, Gilding Book Edges. 103 flesh or rough side upwards, nailed down to theedges of the board. To make a gold cushion, take a piece of wood,size immaterial—12 in. by 6 in. by 1 in. does verywell—and lay upon it several sheets of blotting-paper, the bottom one the same size as the wood,the… … Fig. 66.—Gilders Cushion. vellum is generally placed along the edge outsidethe leather, and nailed through with brass nailswith big convex heads, such as upholsterers use forbrass-nailing chairs. Decorators and gilders gener-ally protect the cushion with a screen of stoutvellum a few inches high,…
Bookbinding
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