Description
Watermarks in the NGV’s Collection of Prints by Albrecht Dürer – Louise Wilson
This very detailed article reports on a major project undertaken at the National Gallery of Victoria, Australia, to record watermarks from their collection of 326 Dürer prints. This project has resulted in an online resource showing some of the watermarks in their collection.
8.5 pages, 12 illustrations
A French Paper Mill – Anon
Report of a visit to a small working French paper-mill, only a few months after the Armistice. The author was an American who worked in the industry back home; he described the environment, workforce and equipment used to make photographic grades and blotters.
0.5 pages
The Trail of the German in Northern France: The Works of Messrs. E. & M. Lamort Severely Damaged – Anon
An eye-witness evaluation of destruction caused to the workshops of this machinery manufacturer during the early stages of WWI.
1 pages, 3 illustrations
Paper Products produced during WW2 by John Dickinson & Co. Ltd. – Michael Stanyon
During WWII many manufacturing firms made articles for the war effort in addition to their main products. In this well-illustrated piece the work undertaken by John Dickinson & Co. is described. The firm made disposable fuel tanks, mortar carriers, ‘window’ and shell fuse containers.
3.5 pages, 14 illustrations
My Life in the Photographic Industry: Part 2 – Albert (Jim) Farnley
The concluding part of this author’s description of his working life in the photographic industry, first presented at the Spring Meeting in London, March 2010. This article starts in 1953, and ends in 1992 upon his retirement. In particular it gives plenty of information on Glory Mill – the site at which Wiggins Teape concentrated its photographic production.
6 pages, 2 illustrations
Naval Tradition and Wiggins Teape – Colin Harris
This short piece records some of the links between Wiggins Teape and the navy, in particular the Bennett, Best and Pirie families.
1 page, 1 illustration
Bibby & Baron – Ulrich Stienecker
The author has produced a number of detailed articles about the technology of automated envelope manufacture. This very long item describes the work undertaken by a Lancastrian firm (Bibby and Baron) that resulted in a number of different bag-making machines. The firm is still in operation today, manufacturing bags in the UK as part of a German-owned company.
15 pages, 15 illustrations
Paper, Pigments and Pearls: Conserving a Collection of Indian Miniature Paintings at the Chester Beatty Library – Puneeta Sharma
A beautifully illustrated article on how some exquisite Indian miniatures held at the Chester Beatty Library in Ireland were conserved.
5 pages, 13 illustrations
Book Reviews
Industrial Relations in a Craft Trade: The Original Society of Papermakers 1800-1948 – Jean V. Stirk
Published by BAPH, this is the seminal work on union history applied to the UK paper industry.
The Wallpaper History Review No.12, 2015 – ed. Christine Woods
The latest edition of this biennial publication.
The Mould: Paper- and Mould-Makers in the History of Western Paper – ed. Giancarlo Castagnari
A sumptuously produced volume extolling the importance of the mould to the history of western paper manufacture.
Historical Perspectives in the Conservation of Works of Art on Paper – Margaret Holben Ellis
The latest in the Getty’s Readings in Conservation series, this book relates how paper conservation has responded to the changing place of prints and drawings in society
The Paper Trail: An Unexpected History of the World’s Greatest Invention – Alexander Monro
The story of how a simple Chinese invention has wrapped itself around the world, permeating every aspect of modern life.
The Slain Wood Papermaking and its Environmental Consequences in the American South –
William Boyd
A chronicle of how the paper industry thrived in the Southern states of America during the 1930s.
An Anthology of Decorated Paper: A Sourcebook for Designers – P.J.M. Marks
An overview of the Hirsch collection of decorated papers, held by the British Library.
Bryan Donkin: The Very Civil Engineer 1768-1855 – Maureen Greenland & Russ Day
A biography of the great English engineer, who played a pivotal role in the development of the paper machine.
Paper: Paging Through History – Mark Kurlansky
Another biography of ‘paper’, which focuses upon its cultural impact on human history.
