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graining plates
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Engraved plates of metal or occasionally wood used from the late eighteenth century to transfer impressed patterns onto a tanned skin. They were used to create dicing and other geometrical patterns, as well imitating straight-grain tanned skins.
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Etherington & Roberts (1982)
Roberts, Matt, Don Etherington, and Margaret R. Brown. 1982. Bookbinding and the conservation of books: a dictionary of descriptive terminology. Washington: Library of Congress.
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