Laroque, Claude.
History and analysis of transparent papers.
The paper conservator: journal of the Institute of Paper Conservation 28 (2004), pp. 17-32
[English w. English, French, German, + Spanish summaries].
10 figs. (3 color), 1 table, 89 notes and refs.
Transparent papers have been made since the Middle Ages, and their production and use have evolved since then through to the present day. The first supports, paper and parchment, were made transparent by impregnation with oily or resinous substances and were destined for domestic and artistic uses. The beginning of the 19th century was a turning point in the production of transparent papers with the appearance of the first parchment papers and the search for new methods of paper production. The papermaking industry discovered new papers, such as natural tracing, imitation parchment, and glassine papers. In this article, historical study based on published sources is complemented by an analytical protocol carried out on a large group of samples of transparent papers. Analytical results are compared with information from published sources in order to verify whether there is a true correlation between the two.
Abstractor: Author Abstract
AATA Nos.:2006-36511 and 40-566
Primary Classification:
G1 - Paper, books, and library and archival materials
Index Terms:
fiber / glassine / papermaking / parchment (animal material) / pyrolysis gas chromatography / scanning electron microscopy / tracing paper / transparent paper / transparent vellum