One of the best fabrics for your home decor needs might be staring back at you from…the bookshelf? A heavy, wear-resistant cotton cloth that's backed in crisp white paper, book cloth is traditionally ...
In 2012, a book truck of old serials with green buckram binding was brought to the University of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM) Library’s Preservation Department, where I work. Each of the volumes was covered ...
The celebrated Argentine picture-book creator Isol presents 7- to 9-year-olds with parallel realms in “Loose Threads,” an illustrated story that plays out on either side of an embroidered cloth. On ...
DENVER, Aug. 18, 2024 — If you come across brightly colored, cloth-bound books from the Victorian era, you might want to handle them gently, or even steer clear altogether. Some of their attractive ...
A local historian has described his finding of thousands of pieces of 18th-century fabric as the 'greatest archival discovery in at least a generation.' Dr Todd Gray, who works at the University of ...