Buckram
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A brief encyclopedia entry defining buckram as a coarse linen or cotton cloth sized with glue. It notes the uses of buckram as a stiffener in clothing and in bookbinding, gives the Old French origin of the word, and says the name first applied to a more costly material used for ecclesiastical purposes and garments.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1922
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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