Main entry:

Krill, John.

Title & Author:

English artists' paper : Renaissance to Regency / John Krill.

Edition:

2nd ed., expanded and corrected.

Publication:

New Castle, DE : Oak Knoll Press ; Winterthur, DE : Winterthur Museum, 2002.

Description:

ix, 250 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-243) and index.
Papermaking by hand -- Introduction to early European papers -- Papermaking fibers -- Sheet formation -- Drying and sizing -- Finishing -- Sixteenth- and seventeenth-century paper -- Sixteenth- and seventeenth-century papermaking -- White paper -- Brown paper -- Pasteboard and millboard -- Whited-brown paper -- Blue paper and other colors -- Miscellaneous papers -- Eighteenth-century innovations -- Eighteenth-century papermaking -- Wove paper -- Plate paper -- Silk paper -- Drawing paper -- Drawing materials and manuals -- Framed drawings -- Paper selection and cartridge paper -- Glazed paper -- Corrected white paper -- Colored paper -- Tracing paper -- Papier-mâché -- Filigree paper -- Stationers, paper and the new style -- Stationers -- Ackermann's repository of arts -- Fancy paper work -- Transparencies -- Drawing -- Drawing masters -- Watercolor societies -- Stationers and artists' paper -- Fancy paper -- Drawing paper -- Bristol board -- Ivory paper -- Creswick paper -- Epilogue: bleaching, machines and revival.

Summary:

The author has written a detailed and interesting account of the evolution and types of paper available to artists in England from the Renaissance to the early nineteenth century. The first chapter provides the basic information needed to understand hand papermaking and discusses each of the paper types. The second chapter introduces the three major types of paper produced: white, brown, and blue. The third focuses on new products, especially papers for printing and drawing. The last chapter explores the influx of new artists' paper that occurred around the year 1800. This second expanded and revised edition has 100 additional pages of text and 100 new illustrations.

ISBN:

158456055X (alk. paper)
9781584560555 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Paper England History.
Artists' materials England History.
Art, English.
Matériel d'artistes Angleterre Histoire.
Art anglais.
Artists' materials
Paper
Druckpapier
Grafik
Künstlerisches Material
Kunst
Papier
Papierherstellung
Papierkunst
Papierfabricage.
Materiaaltoepassing.
Beeldende kunsten.
Carta Fabbricazione Gran Bretagna Sec. 16.-18.
Papierherstellung England Geschichte 1500-1850.
Papier Künstlerisches Material England Geschichte 1500-1850.
Künstlerisches Material Papier England Geschichte 1500-1850.
England
Großbritannien
England Papierherstellung Geschichte 1500-1850.
England Papier Künstlerisches Material Geschichte 1500-1850.

Form/genre:

Printed books 21st century United States Delaware New Castle Specimens.
Printed books 21st century United States Delaware Winterthur Specimens.
Exhibition publications.
History

Holdings:

Location: Library study room conservation 220048
Call No.: NC847 .K75 2002
Status: Available