The Quarterly, No 50 - April 2004
Matthias Koops' Historical Account - Alan
Crocker
A thorough examination of Historical account of the substances which have
been used to describe events, and to convey ideas, from the earliest date, to
the invention of paper, by Matthias Koops and published in two editions in
1800 and 1801. These were printed on some of the first commercially made straw,
wood and recycled papers. To date 100 copies of the book have been located, 43
first editions and 57 second editions, the article discusses in depth the papers
used in the printing of the books, as well as the author and printers used.
12 pages, illustrated, tables
Belgium Conference 2002
A Short Introduction to the History of Papermaking in Wallonia - Alphonse
Radermecker
Wallonia, or the Walloon Region, is according to a Belgian law of 1993 the
French speaking entity within the Federal Kingdom of Belgium. To date a complete
and comprehensive history of papermaking in Wallonia has not been published. In
this article the author sketches how papermaking started, and how it has
developed until the present day in this region.
7 pages, illustrated, tables
 Yet more Heath Robinson
Another illustration by W Heath Robinson relating to the making of paper,
this time an advertisement for the papermill engineers, Vickery's Ltd. A 1954
letterhead from Vickery's was illustrated in The
Quarterly No 27. This is the sixth example of W Heath Robinson's papermaking
illustrations we have published, pervious examples are in The
Quarterly No 42; The Quarterly No 44 and The
Quarterly No 48. If anybody knows of any more please contact the Association.
1 page, illustrated
Bath Conference 1999
 The History of St Anne's Board Mill Co Ltd (Bristol) - Brian
Attwood
St Anne's Board Mill Co Ltd was located on the south bank of the river Avon
in a small valley in the district of Brislington/St Anne's in south east
Bristol. The mill was established in 1912 and by the early 1930's it was running
four machines. By the 1970's the annual output had reached 160,000 to 170,000
tons, yet due to economical and political conditions it was fated to close in
1980.
3 pages, illustrated
French Paper in English Books - John Bidwell
English printers depended on imported paper until the late seventeenth
century, when the government began to encourage manufacturing ventures by
granting monopolies, raising tariffs, and boycotting the nation's economic
enemies. Until this time French mills dominated the market, supplying more than
the other exporting countries combined. The author provides an in depth study of
the imports of paper and the development of the home industry in the seventeenth
century.
7 pages
"Very Good for Jam and Poetry" - Oscar Wilde & Vegetable
Parchment - Philip Harris
One can always fall back on vegetable parchment for a cover; it is rather
nice really and is very good for jam and poetry.
If not Oscar Wilde's wittiest aphorism, certainly this is the wittiest remark
ever made about vegetable parchment. And it brilliantly encapsulates in a tiny
compass the full spectrum of is uses, and brevity is the soul of wit ... But who
would have expected Oscar Wilde to write of this substance, or for that matter
to be aware of its existence? And what was its significance?
2 pages
Notes on Inaccuracies in Shorter's Paper Mills and Paper Makers
- Daven Chamberlain
This article is based on the authors experiences of using Alfred Shorter's magnum
opus on early English papermaking. He is researching Thorney Mill, Iver,
Buckinghamshire and naturally considered this book an obvious starting place.
However, in the course of the research he observed a large number of errors and
omissions, which are discussed in the article.
2 pages
Bath Conference 1999
Turner's use of Papers and Boards as Supports for Oil Sketches - Peter
Bower
Turner rarely sketched in oils on paper or board, but the few groups of works
surviving in the Bequest are important in many ways to our understanding of his
working methods. His use of boards of any sort was relatively rare and confined
to a few specific uses. Aside from his explorations into working in oil on
paper-based supports rather than canvas or panel his use of boards is mostly
concentrated on studies for vignettes and a few small watercolours and some
pencil sketches. The author provides a categorised descriptive list of the
different paper based supports used by Turner for works in oils as papers,
pasteboards and millboards.
12 pages, illustrated
Two Sale Notices
In response to the request in The Quarterly No 48 a notice from the Belfast
Commercial Chronicle has been sent in. The notice lists equipment and other
material including the Drying Loft Windows from Mr Richard Wolfenden's of Lambeg.
The paper is watermarked B W & Co, if any reader can shed light on either
Richard Wolfenden or B W & Co please contact us.
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