Sprinkled paper

This particular example of sprinkled paper was purchased in London some years ago. When purchased, it was already several decades old. It is clearly of a kindred nature to a trickled paper already featured here The paper is a cloudy pattern, made in gray, green and red. The paper itself is deteriorated and brittle.

Papers of this sort remind one of the papers manufactured by Edward Seymour's Fancy paper company. Perhaps it was made by that institution?

Trickled paper

The following decorated paper is best called "trickled paper", for it probably described its method of manufacture. It is executed in shades of dull blue and pink, and forms the endpapers of an edition of The book of Common prayer, printed around 1947.

Annonay paper 4

The following paper forms the cover of an account book, roughly from the 1980s-1990s. The paper is somewhat dull with age, but nonetheless, is similar to most examples of the genre.

Tiger skin paper ( 虎皮纸) -1

Yet another form of Chinese decorated paper is known to the Chinese as 虎皮纸-- Tiger-skin paper. The paper is a form of sprinkled paper, with ist chief feature being white spots sprinkled on a ground colour. Judging from the appearance of the paper, the spots would have been made by sprinkling a caustic substance ( perhaps potash) onto dyed paper. As the potash would cause the dyes to decolourize, a pattern of white spots would form.

The form of the spots on the pattern varies widely, in some cases, they look like little starbursts. in others, like here, the maker appears to have allowed the chemical to flow, creating streaks.