Definitions for "Dentelle"
Keywords:  lacy, gilt, border, lace, inner
An ornamental tooling like lace.
Any fine scrollwork or lacy patterns which might be tooled into the leather covers of a book. However, the term is most usually encountered in "inner dentelle." This is the fold of leather turned in around the edges of the covers of a book, often decorated in gilt in a geometric design. The inner dentelle, in a fancy hand binding, may be the source for identifying the binder, who sometimes inserts his name in tiny letters along the inner dentelle at the bottom of the inside front cover.
(From the French "Lace"). A decorative lace-like pattern on the inside edge of the covers. Usually gilt. Commonly referred to as "inside dentelles".