[DCRM-L] Term for binding: "Fabricoid"

[Holly Phelps]

I never heard the term either, so I checked the American Heritage
Dictionary, and sure enough, it lists "Fabrikoid" with a k: A trademark
for a fabric with a waterproof pyroxylin surface.

Who knew?

 

H.A. Phelps

hphelps at librarycompany.org

 

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From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On
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Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 1:27 PM
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Subject: [DCRM-L] Term for binding: "Fabricoid"

 

One of my catalogers has noticed the description "fabricoid" turning up
in dealer's descriptions of bindings.  A quick Google search on my part
only popped up more dealer descriptions.  Anyone know what type of
material this term refers to?  We suspect it means either "cloth" or
what we used to call "buckram".

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Dorothy Auyong

Principal Rare Book Cataloger

Huntington Library

dauyong at huntington.org

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