tinted (coloured) paper

Asia
18th Century
Recipe Details

Ingredients

tinted paper, paste

Preparation Steps

Onlays are pieces of tinted (coloured) paper attached (laid on) by means of paste to the leather covered binding to give it a kind of mosaic effect (p. 171).

Original Recipe Text

Onlays are pieces of tinted (coloured) paper attached (laid on) by means of paste to the leather covered binding to give it a kind of mosaic effect (p. 171).

Evidence

"Paper onlays, however, were quite common from about the 12/18th century on... This was, for instance, a typical practice in Central Asia."

Remarks

In Central Asia, an onlay of the size of the decorated panel was cut out and pasted on the stamped motif of a bookcover (p. 172).

Scientific Analysis
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
paper
Binderpaste
Paper Typetinted (coloured) paper
Colortinted
RegionAsia
Approx. Year1750
Source Information
AuthorAnonymous
CollectionCentral Asia
Language
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