Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Burns, Thea
Title:
Blue paper : the overlooked history of a drawing, printing and writing material, 1400-1600 / Thea Burns.
Published / Created:
London : Archetype Publications, [2025]

©2025
Physical Description:
x, 158 pages : colored illustrations ; 25 cm
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-158).
Contents:
Sources and methods -- Early modern European blue papermaking: fibres and colorants -- Making and distinguishing early modern blue papers -- Drawings on blue paper: the fifteenth century -- Drawings on blue paper: the sixteenth century -- Blue book text blocks, notebooks, album pages and wrapping paper.
Subject Terms:
Paper -- Europe -- History. | Papermaking. | Drawing materials -- Europe -- History. | papermaking.