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three-hole lacing
Note (en)
Note
The process of attaching the boards to a bookblock by lacing each sewing support slip through three holes, an entry, an exit and a re-entry hole, drilled or pierced close to the spine edge of the board. Three-hole lacing is typical of French bindings.
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Source
Pickwoad, Italian and French... (1991)
Nicholas Pickwoad (1991), “Italian and French Sixteenth-Century Bindings”, Gazette of the Grolier Club, New Series, 43, pp. 55–80.
Additional Reference
p. 74 (modified)
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