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Vintage 19th c. marbled paper, Turkish comb antiqued pattern
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| Title | Vintage 19th c. marbled paper, Turkish comb antiqued pattern |
| Artist | Unknown |
| Date | 19th century |
| Descriptive Notes | Wolfe and Miura: Turkish combed pattern.
Historically, the Turkish pattern is the oldest of Western marbled patterns and dates back to as early as the middle part of the 15th century.
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. In this case, after the desire colors were thrown, a stylus or a comb was then drawn through the bath in a variety of directions pulling the ink spots into various shapes and paths. Lastly, the bath would be sprinkled with fine white ink spots for the 'antiqued' look.
The primary colors for this example are red, blue, yellow ochre, green and white.
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| Collection Notes | This sample is taken from a book cover.
Interior of book says, "Purchased from Gilman, Crompond, New York".
The endsheets are the same pattern but do not match. |
| Paper Process/Medium | Surface application papers -- Marbled papers |
| Prominent Pattern Type | Turkish
Spot
Stone
Agate
Stein
Achat
Caillouté Simple
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| Secondary Pattern Type | Antique Spot
Goutte Antique
Antik, Schwedischer
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| Object Type | Paper;Marbled paper |
| Physical Description | 25 x 16 cm. |
| References | Wolfe plate XXVI 44-48 (Turkish), XXXVI 162-163 (Antique Spot)
Muira pgs 47-49 (Turkish), 85 (Antique Spot) |
| Original Source | Greville, Robert Kaye. Scottish cryptogamic flora, or coloured figures and descriptions of cryptogamic plants, belonging chiefly to the order fungi; and intended to serve as a continuation of English Botany. Edinburgh, printed for Maclachlan and Stewart, Edinburgh; and Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, London, 1823-1827. |
| Digital Collection | Decorated and Decorative Paper Collection
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| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Binding Collection |
| Reference Number | 589.2 G86s |
| 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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