This project is a bit out of our general scope. However, subject of cloth restoration and conservation in general and matters of working with silk in particular may be of interest to some of bookbinders.
The manuscript of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens was bound in crimson morocco after it was returned by printer. One of the peculiarities of that binding was that each page was silked.
Azerbaijani artist Tünzale Memmedzade has transcribed Quran with silver and black ink on transparent black silk pages. This work took her 3 years to be made. She has used 50 meters of black to make the pages of the book (29 x 33 cm each in size).
