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Several of the larger scale patterns were also suitable for use as wallpapers. \r\n\r\nSome of the most elegant and luxurious of the decorated papers of the past, such as this example, belong to a group known as 'Dutch gilt' or 'Dutch floral' papers, and in Germany as 'Goldbrokatpapier' (gold brocade papers) or sometimes.\r\n\r\nGold-embossed papers, which were first made at the beginning of the eighteenth century, continued to be produced until about the middle of the nineteenth century. The method of making them was from a deeply-engraved copperplate, heated and covered with imitation gold (or more rarely silver) leaf. The metal used was an alloy of copper, tin, zinc or even lead. The paper which was first coloured by hand or stencilled, was placed on the plate and passed through a roller press. The 'gold' adhered to the lines of the design engraved in the plate, and the surplus was brushed off, leaving the pattern embossed and outlined in gold on the colour paper. The eighteenth and nineteenth century printers of Augsburg, Nuremberg and Fuerth in Germany excelled in the manufacture of these papers.\r\n\r\nThe name 'Dutch gilt' may have originated in the fact that Dutch traders imported the papers into Holland and exported them again to England and France, but it has been suggested that 'Dutch' may be a corruption of 'Deutsch' (German).\r\n\r\nThe patterns range from naturalistic or fantastic floral and fruit designs to conventional scrolls of acanthus, strapwork and pomegranates. Another group, as in this example, contain portraits of saints, worthies and other figures; these are often divided into separate framed subjects and are known in Germany as 'Bilderbogen' (picture sheets); it would seem that they were intended to be cut out.\r\n\r\nFrom 'Decorative Endpapers'; Victoria and Albert Colour Books; Webb & Bower; 1985.","physicalDescription":"Blue paper with embossed, gold figures of saints within decorative frames. 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Gold-embossed papers like these first appeared in the early 18th century and production continued to the mid 19th century. German printers in Augsburg, Nuremburg and Fuerth were renowned as producers of such papers. As well as decorative patterns, sheets with images of figures like saints were popular. These so-called ‘picture sheets’ were divided into separate frames, suggesting that they were designed to be cut out.\r\n","date":{"text":"11/09/2017","earliest":"2017-09-11","latest":"2017-09-11"}}],"partNumbers":["E.3716-2004"],"accessionNumberNum":"3716","accessionNumberPrefix":"E","accessionYear":2004,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-11","recordCreationDate":"2009-05-11","availableToBook":false}}