Scored calf

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Description

An embossed calfskin leather. Scored calfskin had indentation made to imitate the appearance of grained morocco. Embossed leathers were popular in England in the early 19th century.

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

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