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| Title | Modern 20th c. marbled paper, Stormont on Shell pattern |
| Artist | Guyot, Don |
| Studio Name | Colophon Hand Bindery |
| Place of Production | United States -- Washington (State) -- Seattle |
| Date | 1978 |
| Descriptive Notes | Wolfe and Muira: Stormont on Shell pattern.
This pattern is created by first making a Shell pattern. After this is accomplished a second color, mixed in the appropriate manner for making a Stormont pattern, would then be thrown onto the bath.
This sample is a second.
The primary colors for this example are light and medium brown, white and green.
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| Collection Notes | This sample is a flat sample from amongst a box of samples Guyot would have used to monitor his inventory and pattern types for his company, Colophon.
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| Paper Process/Medium | Surface application papers -- Marbled papers |
| Prominent Pattern Type | Stormont
French
Empire
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| Secondary Pattern Type | Shell
French Shell
Caillouté Agate
Ringader
Vogelaugen
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| Object Type | Paper;Marbled paper |
| Physical Description | 12 x 9 cm. |
| References | Wolfe plates XXIX 73-84, XXX 85-87 (Stormont), XXX 88-96 (Shell)
Muira pgs 56-57 (Stormont), 54-55 (Shell) |
| Digital Collection | Decorated and Decorative Paper Collection
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| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Book Arts Collection |
| Reference Number | DG-modern-Guyot-mp144a |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from an original sample using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at between 550-600 ppi, saved in TIFF, resized, and imported to JPEG 2000. |
