Preferred label
folders (tools and equipment)
Note (en)
Note
A thin length of wood, bone (bone folder), ivory, or other material, approximately 12 to 20 centimetres long, and about 2 to 4 centimetres wide, and approximately 3 mm thick. They were made in a variety of shapes to suit different purposes, and were used in folding sheets by hand and cutting bolts, and also in numerous other binding operations.
Scope note source reference
source-reference-693
Source
AAT
The Arts and Architecture Thesaurus Online, The Getty Research Institute.
Additional Reference
http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300262237 (modified)
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