Wove paper

Description

A handmade paper cast onto a woven screen made from wire mesh or fabric. When examined in transmitted light, wove paper shows a characteristic weave impression from the screen pattern.

Synonyms and Related Terms

woven paper; papier vélin (Fr.)

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  Modern wove paper with a Crane Paper Co. watermark

Authority

• Bernard Toale, The Art of Papermaking, Davis Publications, Portland OR, 1983

• Website address 1 Comment: D. van der Reyden "Identifying the Real Thing" at www.scmre.org/analysis.htm

• Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000