metal leaf

Ingredients

metal leaf, dyed paper

Preparation Steps

Original Recipe Text

Brocade papers were produced using a copper or messing plate and a press to print images with metal leaf onto dyed paper (p. 194). A specific sample (Or. 11.074) shows a 'gold printed chessboard-like pattern over a green ground' (p. 194, Fig 189).

Evidence

"the technique to make brocade papers – involving the use of a copper or messing plate and a press to print the image with metal leaf on a dyed paper"

Remarks

Chief production centers were in Augsburg (e.g., Johannes Wu) and Italy (Remondini family). These papers were imported into the Islamic world and used as doublures or board coverings in the 18th and 19th centuries (p. 194).