Buckram is available in many colors.

Buckram is a stiff cloth, made of cotton or linen, which is used to cover, and protect, a book, and although is more expensive than its look-a-like, Brella, is stronger and resistant to cockroaches eating it. Buckram can also be used to stiffen clothes. Download high resolution version (800x725, 99 KB)This photo was taken on June 8, 2004, with a Sony Cybershot DSC-F828, in the Homer Babbidge Library. ... Download high resolution version (800x725, 99 KB)This photo was taken on June 8, 2004, with a Sony Cybershot DSC-F828, in the Homer Babbidge Library. ... A variety of fabric. ... Cotton is a soft fiber that grows around the seeds of the cotton plant, a shrub native to the tropical and subtropical regions of both the Old World and the New World. ... Torn linen cloth, recovered from the Dead Sea Linen is a material made from the fibers of the flax plant. ... A book is a collection of leaves of paper, parchment or other material, bound together along one edge within covers. ... (See also List of types of clothing) Introduction Humans often wear articles of clothing (also known as dress, garments or attire) on the body (for the alternative, see nudity). ...

Buckram can be dull or shiny.

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See also

• Bookbinding