Buckram

This article is about the cloth. For Buckrams (Allium ursinum), see Ramsons. For the songwriter, see Buck Ram.
Buckram
Buckram can be shiny or dull.
Material typeCloth
Buckram is available in many colors.
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Buckram is a stiff cotton (occasionally linen or horse hair) cloth with a plain, usually loose, weave, produced in various weights similar to muslin and other plain weave fabrics.[1] For buckram, the fabric is soaked in a sizing agent such as wheat-starch paste, glue (such as PVA glue), or pyroxylin (gelatinized nitrocellulose, developed around 1910), then dried. When rewetted or warmed, it can be shaped to create durable firm fabric for book covers, hats, and elements of clothing.[2]

  1. ^ Marks, Stephen S., ed. (1959). ""Buckram"; "Library buckram"; "Muslin". Fairchild's dictionary of textiles. New York: Fairchild Publications. pp. 87, 320, 368.
  2. ^ Arnold, Janet. Queen Elizabeth's Wardrobe Unlock'd. p. 151.