Decorating Paper, Pattern & Technique.
(Vancouver): HM Editions, 2015. Two volumes. 9 1/2 x 12 1/2. Sixty-eight text pages present techniques and history. Accompanied by more than 600 original mounted or tipped in specimens --most a generous size--from the 19th & 20th centuries, and a sampling of earlier Dutch gilt and Italian paste papers. A manuscript leaf in each volume identifies the specimens. Bound by Claudia Cohen in decorated paper over leather-edged boards with a leather spine, housed in a clamshell box. With the Prospectus, which bears 12 mounted specimens. As new. Item #17659
An extraordinary, beautiful book showing infinite attention to detail. Specimens display marbling, paste decoration, embossing, pulp manipulation, lithography, block and linocut printing, stencilling and airbrushing. Some of the contemporary decorated papers were created for this book. Designed by Barbara Hodgson. Text printed by David Clifford at Black Stone Press. No. 14 of 30 copies, signed by Claudia and Barbara.
Price: $14,500.00