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| Title | Vintage 19th c. marbled paper, Serpentine on Turkish pattern |
| Artist | Unknown |
| Date | 19th century |
| Descriptive Notes | Wolfe: Turkish waved
Miura: Serpentine on Turkish
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.
The primary colors for this example are red, blue, green, yellow and white.
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| Collection Notes | This example is scanned from a book cover.
This book has matching endsheets and edges.
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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 | 19 x 13.5 cm. |
| References | Miura pgs 107-109 (Serpentine), 47-49 (Turkish)
Wolfe plates XXIII 10 (Wide comb), XXXV 154 (waved), XXVI 44-48 (Turkish) |
| Original Source | Eliot, George. Adam Bede. Chicago : Belford, Clark, 1884. |
| Digital Collection | Decorated and Decorative Paper Collection
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| Digital Image Number | DEP0173 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Walker Ames Collection |
| Reference Number | PR 4656 A1 1884 |
| 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. |
