Calico
| Calico | |
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| binding | Plain weave |
| Traditional material | cotton |
| Finishing | Finishing , calendering or embossing |
| origin | India |
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| use | in the bookbinding |
Kaliko (from the port city of Calicut, today Kozhikode , on the Malabar coast in the Indian state of Kerala ) is a fabric that is mainly used in bookbinding as a reference material for bindings and also for removing frescoes .
Manufacturing and history
It is a fully finished cotton fabric that is smoothly calendered or embossed and is partially provided with a handle protection finish. It can easily be mistaken for synthetic leather . Archibald Leigthon first used calico for book covers in England from 1821 onwards . In the course of the 19th century, it developed into one of the most popular cover materials for publishing covers worldwide . From 1836 the Thomas Hughes factory produced calico in England.
Kaliko describes in English-language books about fashion design, cutting techniques and tailoring a simple cotton fabric that is used for the creation of initial samples. In German translations, the term calico is often adopted, but what is meant is nettle , a simple, unbleached, non-chemically finished cotton fabric that is available in various weights.
Meyers Konversations-Lexikon from 1888 to 1890
Calico ( French : calicot ; English : calico ) are colorful printed cottons finer way they under French parlance Indiennes be mentioned.
Both names are reminiscent of India (city of Kalikut), the home country of these goods, from where they came to Europe as highly valued luxury items.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans-Jürgen Wolf: History of the printing process. Historical basics, portraits, technology. Historia-Verlag, Elchingen 1992, ISBN 3-9800257-4-8 , p. 836.
literature
- Calicos . In: Merck's Warenlexikon . 3rd ed. 1884 ff., P. 243 f.
- Krupp Andrea: Bookcloth in England and America: 1823-1850 . Oak Knoll Press [u. a.], New Castle, Del. [u. a.] 2008, ISBN 978-1-58456-213-9 (English).
- William Tomlinson, Richard Masters: Bookcloth 1823-1980: a study of early use and the rise of manufacture, Winterbottom's dominance of the trade in Britain and America, production methods and costs and the identification of qualities and designs . Montecito Press, Stockport [u. a.] 1996, ISBN 0-9527736-0-0 (English).
