Buntpapier - Ein Bestimmungsbuch, Decorated Paper - a Guide Book, Sierpapier - Een Gids

The manufacture of decorated paper has developed over the centuries. Even a large part of contemporary decorated papers are produced with historical techniques. Decorated paper - A Guide Book directs itself to all those who are interested today in decorated papers from past and present, whether these be archivists, researchers, librarians, auctioneers, collectors, curators, book and paper lovers or anti - quarians, whether craftsmen, conservators, artists or designers. The goal is to present those interested a guide, such that the important decorated papers can be clearly recognized and can be given a correct designation. This second, revised and extended edition has been supplemented with general historical and technical information and with new and rare decorated paper kinds. The illustration section has been amply expandedwith unusual kinds and more variations of this sort of paper. A separate new chapter shows exemplary uses of decorated paper beyond the familiar and expected. Susanne Krause is paper decorator, publisher and author, Julia Rinck is art historian. 295 pages. cloth. 8vo.