Sprinkled calf
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Description
A speckled leather prepared from calfskin used as early as the 17th century in England. Sprinkled calf was speckled with drops of dye or particles of ferrous sulfate (Roberts and Etherington 1982).
Additional Information
M.Roberts, D.Etherington, Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1982.