Sewing frame

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English

noun

Sewing frame. Image from page 527 of "Amateur work, illustrated" (1881). Via Flickr Commons. No known copyright restrictions. https://flic.kr/p/oddXnP

1. "A frame or press on which books are sewn by hand. It consists of a flat baseboard, two uprights threaded on both ends, a crossbar and two supporting wooden nuts. Tapes, cords, or bands are stretched from the slotted baseboard, where they are secured by keys, to the crossbar, where they are attached to loops (laycords), or, in German models, to hooks."<ref name="Etherington">Roberts, Don., et al. Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books : a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology. Library of Congress : For Sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 1982.</ref>

Related terms

Sewing on cords, Sewing on tapes, sewing, (sewing) key

Translations

• Chinese please add this translation if you can
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• Dutch:

<ref name="Kneep">Gnirrep, W.K., J.P. Gumbert and J.A. Szirmai. Kneep en binding. Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 1992.</ref>

• French:

<ref name="Kneep">Gnirrep, W.K., J.P. Gumbert and J.A. Szirmai. Kneep en binding. Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 1992.</ref>

• German:

<ref name="Kneep">Gnirrep, W.K., J.P. Gumbert and J.A. Szirmai. Kneep en binding. Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 1992.</ref>

• Italian:

<ref name="Dizionario">Macchi, Federico, Livio Macchi, Milena Alessi, Michel Wittock, and Piccarda Quilici. Dizionario Illustrato Della Legatura. Milano: S. Bonnard, 2002. Print.</ref>, {{subst: 1}}

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