librarycompany: “ Ever wonder why you see a ton of gold-stamped cloth bindings from the 19th century, but hardly any silver? Gold-stamping was a popular technique for decorating leather bindings, and made an easy transition to decorating cloth...

librarycompany:

Ever wonder why you see a ton of gold-stamped cloth bindings from the 19th century, but hardly any silver? Gold-stamping was a popular technique for decorating leather bindings, and made an easy transition to decorating cloth bindings when bookcloth first hit the American publishers’ binding scene in the 1830s. 

Because aluminum-stamping was not available until the late 1870s, and was most popular through the 1880s, we see fewer examples in collections today.  

Browse the Library Company’s database of 19th-Century Cloth Bindings to see more!

[ca. 1880?], Rollo in Holland. Abbott, Jacob. New York : Hurst & Co. [ca. 1880?] 10 cm x 15 cm x 2.5 cm.

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