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

[Auyong, Dorothy]

I knew I could count on this list!  Many thanks.  I'm especially
relieved by the "non-explosive" properties.   Our conservation staff has
enough to worry about. <smile>  

 

I'm assuming the variant spelling "fabricoid" is to avoid trademark
infringements?  I don't think we'll go out of our way just yet to add
this to our list of binding materials of note.

 

Dorothy Auyong

Principal Rare Book Cataloger

Huntington Library

dauyong at huntington.org

 

From: dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu [mailto:dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu] On
Behalf Of Erin Blake
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 10:40 AM
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Subject: Re: [DCRM-L] Term for binding: "Fabricoid"

 

The entry about it on Dupont's website has a wonderful first sentence:

Fabrikoid was one of DuPont's first non-explosives products. Produced by
coating fabric with nitrocellulose and marketed as artificial leather,
Fabrikoid was widely used in upholstery, luggage and bookbindings during
the early 20th century. In the 1920s, Fabrikoid became the preferred
material for automobile convertible tops and seat covers.

 

See http://heritage.dupont.com/touchpoints/tp_1910/overview.shtml for
more.

 

   EB.

 

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