Bark skiver

From CAMEO
Revision as of 09:55, 2 May 2022 by MDerrick (talk | contribs)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Description

A vegetable tanned sheepskin. Bark skiver is a light colored Leather that was used in the 19th century for covering law books and is not considered permanent (Roberts and Etherington 1982).

Synonyms and Related Terms

law sheep

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

Retrieved from "https://cameo.mfa.org/index.php?title=Bark_skiver&oldid=85170"