The fabrics you see below are our current swatch of 'ex-stock' materials. Other colours that we can source, 'non-stock' materials, can be found at the bottom of this page.
We've tried to be as careful as possible with calibrating cameras and screens when taking and processing these photos, but please bear in mind, what looks red on our screen, might look brown on yours! We are more than happy to post out samples of fabrics to you no matter where you are in the world, so if in doubt and colour is critical, please contact us.
Buckram Book Cloth
Library buckram is a heavy duty cloth with an acyclic coating. As such it has a water resistant surface and is quite hard wearing. This makes it an ideal material for outer covers.
Both Colorado and Windsor are Rayon book cloths. The difference between the two is that Colorado has a finer, almost silky texture to it. Windsor has a slightly heavier, courser weave of the two, but both are very tactile and have a quality feel about them.
The most important thing to consider about bookcloth is that, unlike Buckram, it doesn't have a coating and it can't be wiped clean with a damp cloth. If something is spilled on it, it will leave a stain or a mark
It is ideal as an inner cover material, providing a striking colour contrast to a darker or lighter outer cover. This is not to say that we outlaw using bookcloth as an outer cover (a trawl through our Blog or Be Inspired pages will prove it is used often!), we just recommend that if you choose it, consider investing in a buckram covered slipcase or purchase a portfolio bag. To try to minimise marking, we spray portfolios with bookcloth outer covers with a 3M water repellent coating (but please, this is no guarantee!)
Both bookcloths blind deboss very well, however foiling is a different matter. Colorado takes foil reasonably well, particularly pigment foils, but owing to Windsor's more textured surface it doesn't take to foil that well at all.
