Re: [GBW] End of spine-bands

["Sophia Bogle" <sophia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

So machine-made or hand-made non-sewn would be headbands too as decorative
elements but they aren't sewn at all. Hmmmm.

I have heard someone (someone well-known in the bookbinding world) calling
all headbands end-bands in general because of course they are on the head
and tail not just the head. 

Wouldn't it make more sense to call structural (sewn to the boards)
end-bands "structural end-bands"? That would be far less confusing and for
bibliographic research and categorizing sake they can be called "structural
head-band or structural tail-band" to be really specific. Alternately we
could be more specific and call the others "decorative end-bands or
decorative sewn end-bands vs. decorative stuck-on end-bands."

Just a thought.


~Sophia



Sophia Siobhan Wolohan Bogle 
   Red Branch Book Restoration 
   www.bookrestoration.org 
      541-601-7543

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:gbw-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Frank Mowery
Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 10:43 AM
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Subject: Re: [GBW] End of spine-bands

Chris
 Correctly differentiates between a headband and end band. the first a
headband, is a decorative but should be (from a conservators view)
solidly  sewn.  An End band is sewn as a "headband"  but the core is
laced into the boards and becomes a structural part of the book's
makeup.  Both are sewn independent of the sewing of the text block.

An "End of spine band"  is just that.  A sewing support that is at the
top and bottom of the book,  it appears just below the top or bottom
edge of the text block,  but most important,  it is sewn at the same
time as the rest of the sewing (of the text block)

I hope more people will continue the differentiation of a headband and
end band.  And some will want to call it a tail band not just a
headband, but for bibliographic description,  Headband (decorative)  and
End band (structural),  should be sufficient.

Frank Mowery

J. Franklin Mowery 
The Eric Weinmann Head of Conservation 
Folger Shakespeare Library 
201 East Capitol St. SE 
Washington DC. 20003 
202-675-0332 


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:gbw-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Amelia Sorensen
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 8:06 PM
To: gbw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [GBW] End of spine-bands

How does Christopher Clarkson define the term "end of spine-band"?  It
is mentioned at 

http://cool-palimpsest.stanford.edu/byorg/gbw/chapters/newengland/html/e
ndbands.html

I understand that he differentiates endbands as structural/laced-in and
headbands as decorative but what are end of spine-bands?

Amelia Sorensen
sorensen.amelia@xxxxxxxxx
NBSS


      

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