Sunday, February 08, 2015

Book #39

Islamic Binding 1

This is an Islamic binding that I made. I believe that it is called chahargoshe, with a soft cover. The covers and spine piece are constructed separately and this style is typically characterized by the four narrow leather edges surrounding a more decorative material on the cover. Hand-sewn Islamic endbands too, of course.

It is certainly possible that I have the name wrong. If someone more knowledgeable knows a more accurate name for this type of binding, please leave me a comment.

2 comments:

Sarah said...

You have definitely piqued my interest with all of your fabulous bindings. Hard to imagine that you have over 300 more to share!

MyHandboundBooks said...

haha, I try not to think too far ahead... then it gets daunting :D