List of binding terms in the Bindings Image Collection

This list is comprised solely of the RBMS bindings terms in use in the Bindings Image Collection. For more information, read the article Bindings image collection.

• Ancillary structures (Gathering term; do not assign)
  • Doublures
    • Silk doublures
  • Headbands
    • Stuck-on headbands
    • Worked headbands
  • Turn-ins
• Binders' evidence (Gathering term; do not assign)
  • Binders' bills
  • Binders' instructions
  • Binders' tickets
  • Signed bindings
• Bookbinding (Assign only with subdivisions)
• Categories of bindings/Occasions for binding (Gathering term; do not assign)
  • Presentation bindings
  • Prize bindings
  • Proprietary bindings (Gathering term; do not use; index under a narrower term.)
    • Armorial bindings
  • Publishers' bindings
    • Publishers' cloth bindings
      • Embossed cloth bindings
• Fastenings, Attachments, or Titling (Gathering term; do not assign)
  • Board fastenings (Gathering term; do not use; index under a narrower term.)
    • Clasps
    • Loop-and-ball fastenings
    • Ties
  • Chained bindings
  • Furniture
    • Bosses
    • Centerpieces (Furniture)
    • Cornerpieces (Furniture)
• Materials and treatment (Gathering term; do not assign)
  • Alum tawed bindings
  • Cloth bindings
    • Embroidered bindings
    • Velvet bindings
  • Decorated papers
    • Marbled papers
    • Paste papers
    • Printed papers
      • Woodblock printed papers
    • Sprinkled papers
    • Stencilled papers
  • Embossed bindings
    • Embossed cloth bindings
  • Fur bindings
  • Half bindings
  • Inlays
  • Leather bindings
    • Calf bindings
      • Marbled calf bindings
        • Tree calf bindings
      • Mottled calf bindings
      • Sprinkled calf bindings
      • Stained calf bindings
    • Cuir-ciselé bindings
    • Deerskin bindings
    • Goatskin bindings
    • Pigskin bindings
    • Reversed leather bindings
    • Russia leather bindings
    • Shagreen bindings
    • Sheepskin bindings
      • Marbled sheepskin bindings
      • Tree sheep bindings
  • Onlays
  • Painted bindings
  • Paper bindings
  • Papier-mâché bindings
  • Quarter bindings
  • Stamped or tooled bindings (Gathering term; do not use; index under a narrower term.)
    • Blind tooled bindings
    • Blocked bindings
      • Gold blocked bindings
    • Gold tooled bindings
    • Panel-stamped bindings
    • Pointillé tooling
    • Silver tooled bindings
    • Types of tools (Gathering term; do not use; index under a narrower term.)
      • Fillet tools
      • Pallet tools
  • Tortoise shell bindings
  • Treasure bindings
    • Jewelled bindings
    • Silver bindings
  • Vellum bindings
    • Stained vellum bindings
  • Waste
    • Manuscript waste
    • Printed waste
  • Wooden bindings
• Spines (Gathering term; do not assign)
  • Headcaps
• Styles (Gathering term; do not assign)
  • Fan style bindings
  • Interlace bindings
• Subsequent treatment
  • Rebacking
• Supports (Gathering term; do not assign)
  • Bands
    • Raised bands
  • Cords
  • Guards
  • Thongs
    • Alum tawed thongs
• Text block (Gathering term; do not assign)
  • Edges of text block (Gathering term; do not use; index under a narrower term.)
    • Decorated edges
      • Gauffered edges
      • Gilt edges
      • Painted edges
        • Fore-edge paintings
      • Paste edges
      • Stained edges
        • Marbled edges
        • Sprinkled edges
• Types of binding structure (Gathering term; do not assign)
  • Boards
    • Edges of binding boards (Gathering term; do not use; index under a narrower term.)
      • Bevelled edge boards
    • Wooden boards
  • Dos-à-dos bindings
  • Flap bindings
  • Yapp style bindings