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| Title | Modern 20th c. marbled paper, Serpentine on Turkish pattern |
| Artist | Guyot, Don |
| Studio Name | Colophon Hand Bindery |
| Place of Production | United States -- Washington (State) -- Seattle |
| Date | 1978 |
| Descriptive Notes | Muira: Serpentine on Turkish marbled
Wolf: Turkish waved.
This pattern is created by first completing a Turkish pattern. As a final step a comb, with one set of teeth set at wide intervals, would be drawn through the bath once in wavy lines reminiscent of the way a snake moves.
This sample is a second.
The primary colors for this sample are dark and light orange, black, brown, white and tan.
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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 | Serpentine
Peigné Serpentin
Gewunden Gekämmter
Waved
Wave
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| Secondary Pattern Type | Turkish
Spot
Stone
Agate
Stein
Achat
Caillouté Simple
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| Object Type | Paper;Marbled paper |
| Physical Description | 12 x 9 cm. |
| References | Muira pgs 107-109 (Serpentine), 47-49 (Turkish)
Wolfe plates XXIII 10 (Wide comb), XXXV 154 (waved), XXVI 44-48 (Turkish) |
| 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-mp151a |
| 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. |
