Tar board

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Description

A dense, strong Millboard formerly made from old tarred rope or sailcloth (Roberts and Etherington 1982). Tar boards were used for some book covers,

Resources and Citations=

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