Prékopa Ágnes (szerk.): Ars Decorativa 32. (Budapest, 2018)

Edit DARABOS: Blomstermarmor, klistermarmor. Modern Danish endpapers in the collection of the Museum of Applied Arts

14. Herrnhut-type endpaper (paste paper) of a book. Pozsony (Pressburg, now Bratislava, Slovakia), 1794, Museum of Applied Arts Library, inv. no. 54.1348.1

worked while it was still damp. Any kind of tool could be used: a brush, some wadded up fabric, paper, cord, or cardboard with a serrated edge—the artist’s only limit was his imagination. The German and Danish names—kleistermarmor and klis- termarmor—suggest that paste papers were made to substitute marbled papers. In the early 18th century, paste papers decorated with repeated patterns similar to woodblock printed paper were first made. The most decorative works, which surprise us even today with their vivacity, were the paste papers made by the Moravian community of Herrnhut and sold throughout Europe.57 These papers are characterized by flowery vines applied with woodblocks

15. Half-leather bindings by Anker Kyster, covered with paste paper. In: Loubier, Jean: Der Bucheinband in alter und neuer Zeit, Berlin, Leipzig s.a. (c. 1903)

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