marbled paper

Turkey
19th Century
Recipe Details

Ingredients

paper, pigments

Preparation Steps

Marbled paper was utilized as a covering material for the boards in partial leather bindings (çaharkuşe), where the spine and edges are protected by leather while the central board area is covered with the decorated paper (p. 208, Fig 200).

Original Recipe Text

Marbled paper was utilized as a covering material for the boards in partial leather bindings (çaharkuşe), where the spine and edges are protected by leather while the central board area is covered with the decorated paper (p. 208, Fig 200).

Evidence

"A partial leather binding with all edges covered in leather, and a marbled paper covering the boards."

Remarks

The specimen UBL 848 D 15 (Istanbul 1804) represents an early 19th-century application of marbled paper in Islamic bookbinding, a technique that was widely admired and later imitated by European binders (p. 210).

Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
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Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
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Metadata
Material Type
paper
Paper Typemarbled paper
RegionTurkey
Approx. Year1850
Source Information
AuthorAnonymous
CollectionIstanbul
Language
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