French Marbles
These papers are a marchine-marbled replica of French marbled paper. The patterns originate from 15th and 16th century marbling, first invented in Persia. The French perfected the process and used it extensively in the 18th and 19th centuries for the end leaf and outer bindings of books.
FM 1 marble waves--gold, blue, green
FM 2 peacock marble--burgundy, gold, black
FM 3 peacock marble--gold, blue, burgundy
FM 4 wavy marble-- green. blue, burgundy
FM 5 peacock marble-- lt blue, dk blue, white
FM 5 strawberry red, gold highlights
handmade book with case with strawberry marble
FM 6 peacock marble--yellow, blue, green, burgundy
handmade book with case in peacock marlbe