{"id":129,"date":"2011-08-12T16:20:53","date_gmt":"2011-08-12T21:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tslacconservation.wordpress.com\/?p=129"},"modified":"2018-06-21T15:08:39","modified_gmt":"2018-06-21T20:08:39","slug":"deciphering-a-sewing-pattern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/conservation\/2011\/08\/12\/deciphering-a-sewing-pattern\/","title":{"rendered":"Deciphering a Sewing Pattern"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today\u2019s entry is for all you book conservators out there.\u00a0 And for the rest of you, here\u2019s a scintillating look into the world of book structure!<\/p>\n

In some of our early 20th<\/sup> century US government bindings, I\u2019ve noticed a sewing structure that\u2019s been a little difficult to decipher.\u00a0 It\u2019s definitely machine sewing.\u00a0 It looks rather like smythe sewing.\u00a0 But the stations don\u2019t appear entirely regular.\u00a0 And they seem to be positioned off-center from the sewing supports.<\/p>\n

A particularly damaged 1910 US census finally offered up a clearer picture.\u00a0 Here, in a region with approximately 50 leaves removed, we can see\u00a0a sewing support and remaining thread.<\/p>\n

\"Exposed<\/a>

Exposed sewing support and sewing threads.<\/p><\/div>\n

Well, this is novel!\u00a0 Typically, one might see sewing threads passing around a support.\u00a0 But here, the threads travel directly through the supports.\u00a0 If you look closely, you can also see a back-and-forth pattern that creates offset sewing stations as the thread travels between sections.\u00a0 After examining intact sewing earlier in the volume, I created the following diagram of the sewing pattern\u00a0repeating three times across six sections.\u00a0 Note how the pattern reverses between supports 2 and 3.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Sewing<\/a>

Sewing diagram<\/p><\/div>\n

If pressed, I\u2019d call this supported, two-on smythe sewing.\u00a0 Can anyone confirm or deny whether such a thing could or does exist?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today\u2019s entry is for all you book conservators out there.\u00a0 And for the rest of you, here\u2019s a scintillating look into the world of book structure! In some of our early 20th century US government bindings, I\u2019ve noticed a sewing … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[14,74],"class_list":["post-129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conservation-2","tag-book","tag-sewing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":696,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129\/revisions\/696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}