Collection of handmade paper samples and sample books by the Victoria Paper Company

between 1992 and 1995
Not on view
"17 zip-loc baggies (as issued) containing innumerable paper samples and sample books, 4 miscellaneous letters and promotionals from the company, and 2 more sample books and 2 miscellaneous gatherings of paper contained in 2 recent clamshell boxes. Among the samples are Handmade Cockerell Marble Papers, New Handmade Papers U.S.A., Handmade Papyrus, Handmade Papers Venezuela, ditto Columbia, Nepal, India, Philippines, Costa Rica, Malawi, Brazil, Mexico, Tosa Washi, etc." -- description by Rulon-Miller Books.

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Object Information
  • Title: Collection of handmade paper samples and sample books by the Victoria Paper Company
  • Papermaker: Victoria Paper Company
  • Date: between 1992 and 1995
  • Geography: Hollis Hills, New York
  • Dimensions: 2 boxes : samples ; Height: 10 5/8 in. (27 cm) - Height: 12 3/16 in. (31 cm)
  • Credit Line: Gift of Friends of the Thomas J. Watson Library
  • Object Number: TS1124.5 V53 1992 v.1

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