We present this gorgeous and well-defined ribbon-embossed cloth for #PublishersBindingThursday, found on our copy of Samuel Knapp’s Life of Timothy Dexter (1838).
Ribbon-embossed grain got its name from its original intention: as decoration for cloth ribbons. However, the rising popularity of grained and decorated book-cloth in the 1830s and 1840s led to the production of ribbon-embossed cloth for use as a book covering.
Browse the Library Company’s database of 19th-Century Cloth Bindings to see more!
Knapp, Samuel L.
1838, Life of Timothy Dexter
Boston : G. N. Thomson
1838
9 cm x 16 cm x 1 cm
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