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block-stamped leather
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Note
Tanned skin decorated with a pattern transferred by means of an engraved block which leaves a depressed pattern of darker leather in the paler un-stamped skin. The resulting leather will often have a somewhat embossed appearance. The material is often found as pastedowns in Islamic bindings and was also used for book bags in western Europe.
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Source
Scheper, The technique of Islamic bookbinding... (2015)
Scheper, K. (2015) The technique of Islamic bookbinding: methods, materials and regional varieties. Leiden, Boston: Bril.
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Source
Bosch & Petherbridge (1981)
Bosch, G. & Petherbridge, G., 1981. The Materials, Techniques and Structures of Islamic Bookmaking. In Islamic bindings and bookmaking. Chicago: University of Chicago, Oriental Institute Museum.
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