Description
Marble stone patterns have inspired people to decorate their buildings and use them in interior design already from ancient times. The technique of paper marbling was first used in Japan in the 12th century. Spanish people introduced the technique in Europe. For centuries, marbled paper was mostly used in the art of book binding, where it became a very suitable material for book covers, replacing the expensive leather and parchment. The initially hand-made marbled paper became an object of a mass production in the first half of the 19th century.
The calendar shows different patterns of marbled paper – feather, peacock, bouquet, vein, stone and fantasy patterns, taken from the 18–19th century books. Backsides of the calendar pages give some short information about the books in the UT Library collections, where the patterns originate from.
