My friend KDM sent me a marvelous link several days ago to a
database of marbled and paste papers at the University of Washington Libraries. I flipped out when I saw it! Such a fabulous resource ~ full of great information and really clear images. What is better than opening an old, time-worn book and finding outrageous marbled endpapers? Well, here you can feast your eyes to your heart's content.
(images courtesy of the University of Washington Libraries, top to bottom: 19th century, gold vein over Turkish antique
pattern; 19th century, gold vein over Turkish
pattern; 18th century, Turkish double marble
pattern; 19th century, gold vein over Turkish
pattern; and 19th century, gold vein printed over Spanish moiré on Turkish
pattern)
My friend KDM sent me a marvelous link several days ago to a database of marbled and paste papers at the University of Washington Libraries. I flipped out when I saw it! Such a fabulous resource ~ full of great information and really clear images. What is better than opening an old, time-worn book and finding outrageous marbled endpapers? Well, here you can feast your eyes to your heart's content.
(images courtesy of the University of Washington Libraries, top to bottom: 19th century, gold vein over Turkish antique pattern; 19th century, gold vein over Turkish pattern; 18th century, Turkish double marble pattern; 19th century, gold vein over Turkish pattern; and 19th century, gold vein printed over Spanish moiré on Turkish pattern)
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4 comments:
Who would have thought there would be database of papers? Surely a mathematician's paradise, at least for those studying fractals, though why I should think that marbled papers could be related to them is purely conjecture on my part. But how exquisite to look at. It's what I love about this blog -- I never know what next you'll reveal.
Gorgeous! Thanks for sharing this info (and the images).
Oh thank you for sharing this!!
This is incredible! Hopefully one of the smart editors at Assouline decides to publish a book on Endpapers.
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