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Alpha Aston®
A top-of-the-line synthetic leather cover material, Alpha Aston is a thermo-sensitive, non-woven cover material offering the supple feel of leather with a matte, soft-touch finish. Aston is available in a collection of chic, vibrant colors allowing customers to design with energy and originality. Offering an excellent surface for stamping and burnishing, and containing sustainable properties—CPSIA and REACH 161 complaint, solvent and heavy metal-free, and passing all SGS requests— Aston brings a sophisticated level of design to the luxury stationery, packaging, and book markets.
Alpha Goat®
Alpha Goat® is a thermo-sensitive, non-woven cover material that offers a plush touch and leather-like look. The unique feel of PU combined with authentic textures in modern leather tones, makes it the designers’ choice for hardcover books, diaries, bibles, hang tags, luxury boxes, and multimedia packaging. Alpha Goat® is CPSIA and REACH 161 complaint, solvent and heavy-metal free, and passes all SGS requests, making it the designer’s choice for a sustainable, quality, synthetic leather covering material.
Alpha Skiver®
Impressionable, soft, and sooth, Alpha Skiver® brings luxury covering designs to a whole new level of appeal. Available in an extensive selection of contemporary colors and boasting an excellent surface for blind stamping, foil stamping, and heat burnishing, Skiver® is the modern designer’s choice for quality, synthetic leather covering options. Part of the Alpha series top-of-the-line PU cover material, its supple feel and matte, soft-touch finish lends itself to a wide range of stationery and book applications. Skiver® is CPSIA and REACH 161 compliant, contains no solvents or heavy metals, and passed all SGS requests, making it both sustainable and sophisticated— a top designers perfect solution.
Apex
Apex is the book cloth that punches way above its weight class. Crafted on a 100% cotton base and fortified with a durable acrylic coating, it brings premium strength and style while keeping costs refreshingly competitive.
Designed for brands that want luxury without the luxury-price attitude, Apex delivers clean, consistent performance across a wide spectrum of applications — from book covers and menus to photo albums, binders, stationery, and high-end packaging.
Apex also decorates beautifully, making foil-stamping, screen printing, and blind debossing look crisp, rich, and intentional. Whether you’re producing a keepsake album or a boutique packaging line, Apex adds that polished finish customers feel the moment they pick it up.
Arizona
For memories that will never fade, bind your most cherished stories with a material built for permanence. For ultimate strength and durability, Arizona® is produced with recycled, genuine leather fibers, coated with a solvent-free color coating, then polished off with a protective acrylic top coat. A high-quality, reliable product at a practical price, Arizona® is the perfect choice for deluxe-edition books, bibles, diaries, datebooks, stationery, packaging, photo albums, and photomounts.
5 embossing patterns available: Lido-954, Moroccan-966, Impala-991, Ranger-920 and Coarse Grain-507.
Arlington®
If you’re looking for a basic B-grade cloth option, Arlington is our most standard, no-frills choice. Offered in linen and vellum, it features a simple 100% cotton base. It includes a basic protective coating for general abrasion and moisture handling and is suitable for straightforward projects where premium performance isn’t a priority. For customers seeking stronger durability, better print performance, richer finish options, or overall higher-quality results, we recommend considering Apex or Arrestox instead. Both offer significantly improved performance and are better suited for professional-grade book covers, premium packaging, and demanding production environments.
Arrestox
Perfect for book covers and media packaging, Arrestox® is an aqueous-impregnated, 100% natural cotton cloth. The most recognized name in the industry, Arrestox cloth is extremely durable and performs well in a wide range of publishing and turned edge applications. It is exceptionally functional and accepts glue well. Because Arrestox is easy to decorate you can use the technique of your choice to create unique look and consumer appeal for book cover and packaging applications. Arrestox has excellent stain, mildew and crock resistance. It also has good water resistance, UV light resistance, scuff resistance, and good abrasion resistance.
Art Leather
Art Leather is a coated fabric with a natural leather texture, boasting exceptional water and soil resistance, making it ideal for various high-quality projects where the appearance of leather is desired. With its specialty coating, this material offers outstanding durability and is the fabric of choice for prestigious editions of books, medical references, and religious texts. Elevate your creations with Art Leather’s timeless luxury and unmatched resilience, perfect for projects that demand both style and durability.
Assuan
Assuan is a tissue lined rayon viscose book cloth cover material with exceptional foil blocking capabilities. This versatile material is available in 29 colors that will give your book or packaging a premium look and feel.
Buckram Roxite F
Roxite F aqueous coated library buckram is a duck or oxford book cloth that is filled on one side with an aqueous acrylic coating. Offered in a vellum finish, it has a very uniform surface. Roxite F buckram book cloth retains the fabric appearance of fine bindings while delivering exceptional functionality in the bindery process.
Having exceptional durability and longevity, Roxite F buckram book cloth is used primarily as cover material in the library industry but is ideal for any cover application such as a hymnal that endures a lot of wear and needs additional decorability.
Bukram P Extra
Bukram P Extra is an acrylic coated cotton cloth, with paper backing, in vellum and linen finish.
Manufacturer: Manifattura del Seveso
Canvas Extra R
Canvas Extra R is a lighter weight, acrylic coated cotton book cloth with paper backing, in vellum and linen finish.
Canvas Extra R Fantasia
Canvas Extra R FA is a lighter weight, acrylic coated cotton cloth with paper backing. Available in vellum and linen finish.
Cialinen
Medium weight, acid-free, and tissue lined. This 100% cotton book cloth has a textured and natural feel. It is recommended for books, repairs, cloth-covered enclosures, and new cases for books. Cialinen 2040 minimum orders start at 5 yards.
Manufacturer: Manifattura del Seveso
Cialux
Cialux Natural Finish Book Cloth is an imported cloth from Italy. It is a rayon cloth with a natural finish and paper backing. Cialux cloth is made from spun rayon yarn which is composed of short-length filament threads. Cialux processes well on Horauf, Kolbus, WBF Stall, and Smith manufacturing equipment.
Dream Linen
Introducing Dream Linen, a luxurious cloth boasting a refined flat finish that accentuates its elegant texture, highlighted by white threads for a tasteful aesthetic. With similarities to Pure Vellum, Dream Linen excels in foil stamping, thanks to its smooth surface, making it the perfect canvas for intricate and finely detailed prints on book covers and packaging materials. Elevate your projects with Dream Linen, where sophistication meets superior craftsmanship.
Dream Vellum
Introducing Dream Vellum, a high-quality linen cloth loved for its delicate texture and careful crafting, ideal for many types of books. Its smooth surface makes it perfect for foil stamping, adding extra elegance to your designs with intricate details. Elevate your book projects with Dream Vellum, where every thread is made with care for a beautiful finish.
Eco-Cover
Eco-Cover® is a basic, flexible material used for general presentation covers and simple perfect-bound projects. Made from a saturated base with an acrylic top coat, it offers standard options such as coated or uncoated backs and a few soft-touch or matte finishes. It’s available in a range of common colors, several embossings, and a few thicknesses—but overall, it’s best suited for projects where enhanced durability, richer texture, or a more polished look aren’t priorities.
For customers seeking higher-quality performance, a more professional aesthetic, or a stronger long-term solution, we recommend Skivertex 17 or Lexitone. Both offer a noticeably superior finishing result and are preferred for premium books, packaging, and elevated presentation work.
Eurobond
The Eurobond is a 0.4mm Polyurethane premium bonded leather. It is unsurpassed in quality and durability. Eurobond has the look, feel and smell of genuine leather because it is tannery made. The cowhide fibers used in producing the Eurobond come from the tanning process when the hides are brought to a uniform thickness.
Fiscagomma Agenda
This Italian cover material gives the luxurious look of leather at a much more affordable price. The surface allows the product to be burnished for a two-tone effect. Heat burnishing conditions are achieved between 350 degrees F to 375 degrees F for 0.5 seconds and a pressure of 2 bars. For heavier embossing a dwell time of 0.7 seconds and a pressure of 3 bars would be recommended.
•Many colours and finishes stocked in Cornwall.
•Endless colour and finish selection from Fiscagomma (Italy).
•Custom colours available on a make-to-order (MTO) basis.
Greenleaf Paper
Greenleaf Paper sets a new standard for premium cover and endleaf materials, offering a smoother, stronger, and more refined surface than traditional 80 lb kraft-based alternatives. Engineered for high-quality book production and packaging, Greenleaf delivers consistent performance across printing, stamping, and finishing processes. Its enhanced surface allows inks to sit cleanly and evenly, producing sharper detail and richer color whether using screen, UV, or offset printing. Greenleaf also accepts blind and foil stamping with exceptional clarity, minimizing impression distortion and ensuring crisp, professional results. Beyond print performance, Greenleaf’s reinforced strength and stability reduce tearing, cracking, and warping, allowing projects to maintain their integrity throughout production and everyday use. The result is a more durable, premium-looking finished product compared to lower-cost alternatives in this category. Ideal for hardcover books, endleaf applications, premium packaging, stationery, and specialty projects, Greenleaf Paper gives manufacturers a noticeable upgrade in quality, without requiring major changes to existing workflows.
Iridescents by Corvon
Shimmering, lustrous iridescent coating in a latex-saturated covering material. Iridescents by Corvon is available in 16 colours with Polish, Weave and Bengaline textures.
Kennett
Kennett natural finish book cloth is a starch-filled cotton with a natural finish. As it is affordable priced and decorable, Kennett cloth can be used in full cover and spine applications. Because it accepts glue well Kennett cloth is suitable for turned-edge work. Kennett cloth would be the choice for those looking to make the first impression that only a true natural finish can offer.
- Limited wet crock resistance
- Fair UV light resistance
- Moderate scuff resistance
- Moderate abrasion resistance
- Good durability
- Kennett 19991 Jet Balck stocked in Cornwall
- Custom colours available on a make-to-order (MTO) basis
Lexotone 17
Lexotone 17 is a richly crafted, heavyweight cover material featuring a refined decorative surface and a clean white backing for added stability. Its latex-saturated construction delivers exceptional durability while accommodating elegant finishing techniques such as foil stamping, debossing, and screen printing. With its elevated texture and reliable performance, Lexotone 17 brings a polished, premium presence to books, packaging, and specialty projects.
Linen Set
Linen-Set is an aqueous-coated cloth for offset and screen-printing (white litho cloth that has an aqueous acrylic coating). Because it accepts print exceptionally well, you can use Linen-Set cloth for any cover or specialty packaging application that requires both a lot of decoration and the look and feel of cloth.
Milbank
Milbank book cloth is 100% natural cotton, coated with an aqueous acrylic coating. Available in both a linen and vellum finish, this premium cloth has the look and feel of a woven fabric.
Milbank cloth is extremely durable and performs well in a wide range of publishing and turned edge applications. It is exceptionally functional and accepts glue well. Milbank is also easy to decorate using the technique of your choice to create a unique look and consumer appeal for book cover and packaging applications.
- Maximum crock resistance
- Excellent stain and mildew resistance
- Good water resistance
- Good UV light resistance
- Good scuff resistance
- Good abrasion resistance
- Good durability
- 22 colours stocked in Cornwall
- Custom colours available on a make-to-order (MTO) basis
Mirage Classic®
Mirage® Classic is the foundational offering within the Mirage® line. It is an acrylic-coated material designed to provide a matte, antique-style surface with a uniform, solid-color appearance. The material accepts heat-burnished decoration and is suitable for applications such as books, journals, bibles, multimedia packaging, jewelry boxes, and similar items that require a straightforward, traditional finish.
For projects that require a more elevated, soft-touch, and premium leather-like feel, Montelena would be the better option.
Mirage Corsica®
Mirage® Corsica is a cover material designed to replicate the look of softened, naturally worn leather. It features a water-based coating and a soft, smooth surface. The printed texture can range from lightly worn to more pronounced cracking, depending on the desired visual effect. Mirage® Corsica is commonly used for books, bibles, binders, journals, packaging, and similar applications requiring a subtly aged appearance.
For projects that require a more refined, soft-touch leather feel with a premium presentation, Montelena is a far better option.
Mirage Distressed®
Mirage® Distressed is designed to replicate the appearance of naturally aged leather through a subtle embossing pattern that provides an antiquated, weathered look. It offers a cost-effective way to achieve this style and is commonly used for bibles, religious books, photo books, yearbooks, packaging, photo mounts, diaries, journals, and similar applications.
For projects that call for a more elevated soft-touch leather aesthetic with a refined finish, Montelena serves as the premium choice.
Mirage Nouveau®
Mirage® Nouveau is a modern cover material designed with a tightly patterned, stitch-like appearance. It is available in several colors drawn from the Classic line and comes in three embossing patterns that can accommodate stamping or heat-burnishing for added definition. This material is used for items such as retail boxes, book covers, journals, and similar applications where a structured visual texture is desired.
For projects that require a more refined, soft-touch leather aesthetic, Montelena is the more premium choice.
Mirage Pescara®
Mirage® Pescara builds on the simplicity of the Classic line by incorporating a subtle Pescara texture and a soft-touch surface coating. The material maintains a natural finish and supports heat-burnished decoration. It is commonly used for books, journals, bibles, packaging, and similar projects that benefit from a modest textured appearance.
For applications requiring a more premium soft-touch leather feel with enhanced refinement, Montelena is the better option.
Mirage Vintage®
Mirage® Vintage is a material designed to replicate the look of aged leather. It’s available in two surface textures and can accept heat-burnished artwork for projects requiring a retro or antique-style appearance. It is commonly used for items such as books, binders, journals, bibles, and various types of packaging.
For projects where a more premium or refined finish is needed, Montelena is a much better alternative.
New Canapetta Extra
Canapetta book cloth is a medium weight, acid-free & issue lined cover material. It is made of a cotton/linen mixture which gives it a textured and natural feel. Recommended for books, repairs, cloth-covered enclosures, and new cases for books.
Ontario Buckram Vellum (OBV)
Ontario Buckram Vellum aqueous coated library buckram is a duck or oxford cloth that is filled on one side with an aqueous acrylic coating. Offered in a vellum finish, it has a very uniform surface. OBV buckram cloth retains the fabric appearance of fine bindings while delivering exceptional functionality in the bindery process.
Having exceptional durability and longevity, our buckram cloth is used primarily as cover material in the library industry & rebinding books; but is ideal for any cover application such as a hymnal that endures a lot of wear and needs additional decorability.
Pearl Linen
Smooth and soft – Pearl Linen® book cloth features fashionable colors with a hint of gloss. The soft tactile feel delivers high-end quality. Perfect for labels, sales promotions, fragrance and beauty packaging, and book covers.
Prestige®
Prestige® combines the luxury of suede and the richness of velvet, with unparalleled quality and consistency. Available in range of classic reds, blues, and browns as well as contemporary pinks, oranges and greens, the Prestige® collection offers the perfect color to meet your design goals. With exquisite foil and blind stamping abilities, decorative graphics can easily be applied to create distinctive, eye-appealing covers for products exclusivity across applications: box wraps, photo mattes, slipcases and hardcover books.
Pure Vellum
Introducing Pure Vellum, a premium cloth renowned for its ultra-thin profile and luxurious flat, glossy finish that elegantly conceals its threads. Engineered for durability with excellent abrasion resistance, Pure Vellum also offers outstanding stain, mildew, and crock resistance, ensuring long-lasting quality. Perfect for intricate foil stamping, Pure Vellum stands out as the ideal choice for creating exquisite, finely detailed prints on book covers and packaging materials.
Rainbow 17
Rainbow® 17 is a 395gsm cover material featuring a water-based color coating and acrylic top coat on the front, paired with a white clay-coated back. It comes in a range of traditional colors and embossings that mimic leather or linen, offering a straightforward and economical option for self-supporting books, perfect-bound books, bibles, and guides. For projects requiring a more durable or refined finish, Lexotone 17 or Skivertex 17 may provide a stronger alternative.
Rainbow 70#
Available in more than 80 colors and 100 embossings, RAINBOW® is the market leader for dyed-through, colored kraft paper. Under the umbrella of the RAINBOW® line of products, our front runner RAINBOW® 70 not only brings excitement and versatility to the design process, but also takes the lead for both its economical and ecological advantages. RAINBOW® 70 upholds the U.S. standard for endleaf and side panels on hardcover juvenile trade books, and also makes it a brilliant choice for box wraps, slipcase covers and liners. Whatever application you choose, RAINBOW® 70 is sure to impress with its natural appearance and flawless finish.
Rainbow 80 Hemp
Rainbow® 80 Hemp is an 80#, 100% PCW (Post Consumer Waste) Kraft that maintains exceptional stamping and printing capabilities in a diverse and environmentally friendly cover material. Rainbow® 80 is well-known as the market leader in covering material for full cover, side, spine, and endleaf for hardcover books, and makes a fine packaging wrap for a variety of industries such as wine & spirits, fragrance, fashion, apparel, food, etc.
Rainbow® 80 makes the perfect canvas for screen printing, UV, and offset printing, or for decorating with blind or foil stamp. For optimal digital printing, custom Digital Black and Digital Opaque colors offer HP Indigo Certified options.
Rainbow LX (Rainbow 9)®
Rainbow® LX is a functional covering option suitable for standard applications where basic durability and flexibility are acceptable. It is available in various colors, and its intended to meet very basic needs. Rainbow® LX may be considered for projects with limited performance demands or where cost and availability are primary considerations, but for a more impressive option, we’d suggest considering Titan, our newest offering.
Senzo by Corvon
Senzo by Corvon is a soft yet durable latex-saturated decorative covering material that is offset printable. It has a luxurious matte finish and is offered in a variety of colors, metallics and embossings.
Shadow by Corvon
Shadow by Corvon is a solid color cover material with non-leather embossed finishes featuring a soft-touch matte feel with thermo-reactive surface.
Skivertex
Skivertex is a simulated leather cover material that comes in 20 patterns for a total of 318 offerings. It is also known as Kivar-9.
Skivertex 17
Skivertex 17 is a latex-saturated cover material with a chevo emboss, delivering the refined texture and durability of premium faux leather. Built on a cellulose-based core and coated with an acrylic surface, it supports foil stamping, blind-stamping, and screen printing while maintaining structure and elegance. With its distinctive emboss and robust construction, Skivertex 17 brings a sophisticated, high-end feel to books, albums, and luxury packaging. The Skivertex 17 is also available in a 25pt.
Skivertex Cambric
Skivertex Cambric is a European inspired, premium grade, simulated leather covering material (may also be referred to as Kivar® 9)
Latex-saturated covering material available in 318 standard offerings. An industry standard for luxury and decorative packaging applications.
Skivertex Firenze
Skivertex Firenze is a European inspired, premium grade, simulated leather covering material (may also be referred to as Kivar® 9)
Latex-saturated covering material available in 318 standard offerings. An industry standard for luxury and decorative packaging applications.
Skivertex Kidskin
Skivertex Kidskin is a European inspired, premium grade, simulated leather covering material (may also be referred to as Kivar® 9).
This latex-saturated covering material is available in 318 standard offerings. Skivertex is an industry standard for luxury and decorative packaging applications.
Skivertex Sanigal
Skivertex Sanigal is a European inspired, premium grade, simulated leather covering material (may also be referred to as Kivar® 9)
It is a Latex-saturated covering material available in 318 standard offerings. An industry standard for luxury and decorative packaging applications.
Skivertex Ultra
Skivetex Ultra is a latex saturated, nylon reinforced decorative cover material that comes in 22 colours through 6 embossings.
Skivertex Vicuana
Skivertex Vicuana is a European inspired, premium grade, simulated leather covering material (may also be referred to as Kivar® 9).
Latex-saturated covering material available in 318 standard offerings. An industry standard for luxury and decorative packaging applications.
Summit by Skivertex
Summit by Skivertex is a durable latex saturated cover material with great visuals. It is a great alternative to expensive cloth.
Tanalin High Strength
Strong, durable substitute for expensive cloth, Tanalin High Strength delivers a colorfast, moisture resistant latex saturated nylon base construction that provides the high tear and high strength you expect from cloth. You get realistic cloth visuals that are easy to decorate using foil stamping, blind stamping or screen printing.
Tanalin Ten
Introducing Tanalin Ten, a versatile coated paper that’s latex saturated, ideal for a myriad of applications including packaging, book covers, photo albums, and menus. Available in an extensive array of colors and finishes, you can opt for solid hues or explore special finishes like Zebu (marble look) and Dull (matte finishes).
Tanalin Ten offers a cost-effective solution for projects where traditional cloth may be too costly. Its leather-like appearance elevates a variety of turned-edge applications, providing a sophisticated touch to your projects.
Tanotex 500
Tanotex coated fabric with leather-like finish is coated with a specialty coating designed to simulate leather. The cloth is extremely durable and also has outstanding water and soil resistance. Tanotex coated fabric can be selected for any project where leather is currently used or where the appearance of leather is needed. It is the fabric of choice for a variety of high-quality, prestige editions, medical, reference, and religious books.
Taratan II
Taratan II is a 0.35mm Polyurethane premium bonded leather. It is unsurpassed in quality and durability. Taratan II has the look, feel and smell of genuine leather because it is tannery made. The cowhide fibers used in producing the Taratan II come from the tanning process when the hides are brought to a uniform thickness.
Tasmania
Tasmania book cloth is a popular tissue lined rayon viscose with a textured and natural finish. Durable and colorfast, it is recommended for books, photo albums, catalogs, folders, binders.
Ultima ®
Ultima is a basic cover material intended for routine applications where appearance and performance requirements are minimal. It is produced on lightweight kraft paper with a standard water-based color coating and gloss finish. A limited selection of colors and embossing patterns is available to approximate common leather or cloth looks. For better results, we highly suggest Titan.
Umbra
Step into the shadow with Umbra, a matte-coated paper defined by depth, control, and restraint. Its smooth, glare-free finish absorbs light rather than reflecting it, giving books, journals, packaging, and stationery a refined, tactile presence. Built for projects that value substance over shine, Umbra delivers premium performance, lasting durability, and exceptional value.
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