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Handmade wove paper in a pale blue tone. Made from linen and cotton rags.
Blue paper made from indigo dyed rags emerged as a popular support for drawing and printing in Venice in the sixteenth century and it quickly spread across Western Europe. Popular with artists ranging from Jacopo Tintoretto to JMW Turner, blue paper provided a surface with a nuanced mid-tone which allowed the creation of strong light and dark contrasts and an exploration of the tonal effects of light and shade.Â
Etching of Bellona, Goddess of War by Angelo Falconetto (c.1555) on blue paper, in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Drawing of The Hands of St Dominic by Albrecht Durer (c.1506) in the Albertina, Vienna.
Full Royal sheet of handmade paper with four true deckle edges and watermarks of the Paper Foundation’s ‘House’ emblem in the bottom right hand corner.
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