Finally finished a full cloth reback on a 1900s encyclopedia

I have been working on this set of 10 volumes from 1902 for about 6 months now. The spines were completely shot and someone had tried taping them back together. A fellow binder at the library told me to try using a finer weave book cloth for the reback since the original had a textured grain. I took her advice and it matched the original covering much better than I expected. Has anyone else had luck matching older cloth patterns for restoration work?

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mila_mitchell11d ago

Oh man, fine weave cloth is a GAME CHANGER for older encyclopedias, it blends in way better.

nancys9011d ago

Try checking how it holds up under UV light too though. Some of those older dyes can react pretty badly even with careful cloth.