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| Title | Vintage 17th c. marbled paper, Turkish pattern |
| Artist | Unknown |
| Date | 19th century |
| Descriptive Notes | Wolfe and Miura: Turkish pattern.
Historically, this is the oldest of Western marbled patterns and dates back to as early as the middle part of the 15th century.
Since this pattern is probably the earliest and the most simple it also is the base or jump off point for a large number of other patterns.
This pattern is created when one or more colors are thrown onto the surface of the bath using a marbling brush. The first colors thrown tend to constrict as other follow and become the 'vein' colors for the latter thrown inks.
The primary colors for this example are red, dark, medium and light blues, dark green and yellow.
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| Collection Notes | The example is scanned from a book cover.
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| Paper Process/Medium | Surface application papers -- Marbled papers |
| Prominent Pattern Type | Turkish Spot Stone Agate Stein Achat Caillouté Simple
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| Object Type | Paper;Marbled paper |
| Physical Description | 22 x 14.5 cm. |
| References | Wolfe plate XXVI 44-48 Muira pgs 47-49 |
| Original Source | Golovin, Ivan. The Caucasus. London, Trübner & co. [etc.] 1854. |
| Digital Collection | Decorated and Decorative Paper Collection
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| Digital Image Number | DEP0005 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Binding Collection |
| Reference Number | JK 511 C1 G6 |
| 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. |