"Stormont" marbled paper





This is a very early ( C. 1819) example of what is now known as a "Stormont" marbled paper. This pattern, unlike most marbled papers, is characterized by the addition of turpentine to one of the colours used. When this turpentine colour is sprinkled on the marbling bath, as the colour spreads, the drops separate into a fine lace-like network.

 

 

 

As you can see, in the above case, it was the black colour that had the turpentine in it. The size of the  holes in the turpentine'd colour can be varied , depending on how much turpentine is put in it. Later versions tend to have finer holes than this.

 

 

The edges of the book are also done in the same pattern. Sadly, they have faded badly .

 

 

 

 



Nonpareil marble 2, 1849

This example of a nonpareil marble appears as the siding papers of a copy of Hugh miller's Footprints of the creator: or, the Asterolepis of Stromness. This particular example is executed in black, red, blue, and a dull ash blue.

The surprisingly dull colours of this marble may have to do with it's content. The book is an example of creationist literature, and due to it's religious aspect, a more sombre marbled paper would be appropriate. To quote Charles Woolnough, in his Whole art of marbling:

 

"For instance, a brown nonpareil, and a black and brown combined, have been largely patronized by works of divinity"

 

Woolnough then goes on to add that red nonpareils* were used for military works, and green nonpareils for floral works.

 

* Perhaps he means nonpareils done in only red and white ?

 



Marbled paper- double comb

The following endpaper is found on a book published in 1866, by Routledge. It is of a pattern that is known as the "double comb".

 

As you can see, this pattern is a variation of the nonpareil pattern http://decoratedpaper.blogspot.sg/2013/08/marbled-paper-1-nonpareil.html . The difference, however, is that an extra step is required in this pattern. In a nonpareil, the colours are manipulated by with a comb-like device. However, in this pattern, an extra comb, with teeth of different width, is then used, resulting in the effect you see here.

Fake marbled endpaper-- "moire"

 

This pattern forms the endpapers of a deluxe edition of the Harvard classics, printed in 1965. It is quite frankly an imitation of Moire marbled paper, being printed as opposed to being marbled. This example is more elaborate than most, as it is printed in three colours, and has an additional smattering of gold veins 

 

"Annonay paper"/ Papier d' Annonay

Papier d' Annonay is a name that is given to a particular type of decorated paper. It is named after a town in France, which is famed for it's paper manufacture*. These papers were a popular and decent substitute for the more expensive marbled papers for bookbindings & other uses. Indeed, so popular are these papers, that they are still used today. However, unlike the originals, which were made by speckling paper with paint, these examples tend to be printed. These papers are, to this day, oft used in notebooks and ledgers.

* it also happens to be the place where the Montgolfier brothers were from

The cover of a pocketbook , purchased in Singapore in 2012.

Another similar [ albeit badly worn] example, also from the same location

 

Marbled paper 1-- Nonpareil

This particular variety of marbled paper is known as the "nonpareil" pattern. Here is a particularly fine example from the 1850s. This forms the endpapers of a book published in 1851