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.
Authority
- Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982