[EKStationers] linen for sewing and for bookcovers

[Heather Gray]

>From the Abbey Newsletter, a newsletter for book conservators:
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/byorg/abbey/an/an11/an11-8/an11-802.html

>From this page, to be found under the title 'Cloth and Thread', there is a
section where a binder named Bill Minter spoke about using cloth as a cover
material, in particular linen. He found that most linen today is
overprocessed and so doesn't last as long as linen used to. He did a search
and found that airplane linen is not treated to an acid bath, bleached, etc.
Also mentions a similar problem with linen cord, with additional problem of
non-linen stuffs being mixed in. For more detail, go to the page at the
above link.

Excerpt of sources, which I believe is small enough to not be a copyright
infringement:

"A special make of this cord is now being sold by Colophon Hand Bookbinding,
1902 North 44th St., Seattle, WA 98103 (206/ 633-1759). It is called Best C.
C. Bookbinding Cord.

Two good suppliers of linen are:

Testfabrics Inc.
PO Drawer 0
Middlesex, NJ 08846 (201/469-6446)

Hamilton Adams Imports Ltd.
104 W. 40th St.
New York, NY 10018 (212/868-6548) "

In service,
Elwynne


Heather Gray
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