buckram

They value efficiency and aesthetics above all other considerations, and they end up a graveyard of lost opportunities: How will the jacket or the obi interact with the buckram?

Mrs. Beane made her hats the old-fashioned way, wetting buckram — a stiff cotton — into molds decorated with all manner of fabrics.

When Becker first began making masks, it was labor intensive, working with water-based clay, petroleum jelly and buckram fabric, he said.

It looks a little bit like the hard cover of a book; it is made, apparently, from archival-quality buckram linen, which is also used in bookbinding.

Ms. Claire moved to New York, she said, because she couldn’t easily find wire, buckram and other supplies for her work elsewhere in the United States.