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Marbled paper : its history, techniques, and patterns : with special reference to the relationship of marbling to bookbinding in Europe and the Western world /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wolfe, Richard J. 1928-2017 (Author)
Corporate Author: Daniel and Eleanor Albert Collection
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [1990].
Series:Publication of the A.S.W. Rosenbach fellowship in bibliography.
Subjects:
Marbled papers.
Marbling (Bookbinding)
Bookbinding.
Book Ornamentation > history
Bookbinding > history
Paper > history
Papier marbré.
Marbrure (Reliure)
marbling.
Marmerpapier.
Boekbinden.
Bookbinding
Marbled papers
Printed books > United States > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > 20th century > Specimens.
Table of Contents:
  • The nature and origin of marbling : marbling in the Far and Near East
  • The European cradle period
  • Marbling in Germany
  • Marbling in France
  • The further spread of the craft in Europe
  • The initial British experience
  • The matured British trade
  • Marbling in the New World, I
  • Marbling in the New World, II
  • The decline of the art in Europe : "pseudo-marbling" and marbling by machine
  • The revival and later events
  • Technical aspects of the craft, I : marbling process, equipment, and tools
  • Technical aspects of the craft, II : chemical and physical bases and basic constituents and ingredients
  • Technical aspects of the craft, III : the colors used
  • The evolution of marbled patterns.