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An old English name for an alum process used to preserve [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=hide hides] or skins. Tawing uses [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=potash%20alum potash alum], salts, and other materials such as eggs and flour to make a soft, flexible, stretchy skin that is usually white in color. Tawed skins are susceptible to degradation when wet. | An old English name for an alum process used to preserve [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=hide hides] or skins. Tawing uses [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=potash%20alum potash alum], salts, and other materials such as eggs and flour to make a soft, flexible, stretchy skin that is usually white in color. Tawed skins are susceptible to degradation when wet. | ||
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* Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, ''Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology'', U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982 | * Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, ''Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology'', U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982 | ||
Revision as of 17:58, 1 May 2016
Description
An old English name for an alum process used to preserve hides or skins. Tawing uses potash alum, salts, and other materials such as eggs and flour to make a soft, flexible, stretchy skin that is usually white in color. Tawed skins are susceptible to degradation when wet.
Sources Checked for Data in Record
- Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982
- Edward Reich, Carlton J. Siegler, Consumer Goods: How to Know and Use Them, American Book Company, New York City, 1937
- Website address 1 Comment: American Leather Chemists Association Glossary at www.leatherchemists.org