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Modern 20th c. marbled paper, French curl on Wide comb pattern
Title
Modern
20th
c.
marbled
paper
,
French
curl
on
Wide
comb
pattern
Artist
Unknown
Studio Name
Cockerell
and
Sons
Date
20th century
Descriptive Notes
Wolfe:
French
curl
on
Wide
comb
Miura:
Snail
on
Arch
This
pattern
is
created
starting
with a
Wide
comb
base
,
probably
where
the
colors
were
dropped
onto the
bath
sequentially.
Once
the
desired
base
pattern
is
completed
either
an
individual
stylus
or a
comb
with
one
set
of
teeth
set
in
very
wide
intervals
would be
inserted
into the
bath
and
swirled.
The
primary
colors
for this
example
are
red
,
black
and
yellow
ochre.
Collection Notes
The image from which this image was scanned is a flat paper sample.
Paper Process/Medium
Surface
application
papers
--
Marbled
papers
Prominent Pattern Type
French Curl
Snail
Curl
Escargot
Tourniquet
Coquille
Schnecken
Secondary Pattern Type
Wide Comb
Arch
Peigne d'Arc
Bogen
Object Type
Paper;Marbled
paper
References
Wolfe
plate
XXIII
10
(Wide
comb)
,
XXIV
13-18
(French
curl)
Muira
pg
91
(Arch)
,
76-77
(Snail)
Digital Collection
Decorated and Decorative Paper Collection
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division
Repository Collection
Book
Arts
Collection
Reference Number
DG-modern-Cockerell-1
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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