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Modern 20th c. marbled paper, Wide comb pattern, variation
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| Title | Modern 20th c. marbled paper, Wide comb pattern, variation |
| Artist | Guyot, Don |
| Studio Name | Colophon Hand Bindery |
| Place of Production | United States -- Washington (State) -- Seattle |
| Date | 1978 |
| Descriptive Notes | Wolfe does not address this pattern as a whole, only in pieces (Wide comb and waved).
Muira: Serpentine marble.
This Serpentine, according to Muira, was first created in the middle of the 19th century.
The pattern is created by starting with a Turkish base. A comb with one set of teeth is drawn through the bath twice vertically, once in either direction with the second pass halving the first. This step is repeated horizontally. Then a comb, with one set of teeth set at wide intervals, is drawn through the bath once vertically making a plain Wide comb (Arch) pattern. In this variation, after the last pass completes a non-wavy Wide comb, a final comb with one set of teeth set at slightly wider intervals is drawn through the bath once vertically in exaggerated wavy lines.
This sample is a second.
The primary colors for this dark orange paper sample are black, orange and white.
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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 | Wide comb
Arch
Peigne d'Arc
Bogen
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| Object Type | Paper;Marbled paper |
| Physical Description | 12 x 9 cm. |
| References | Wolfe plate XXIII 10 (Wide comb)
Muira pgs 91 (Arch), 112-113 (Feather) |
| 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-mp60a |
| 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. |
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