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<p>[QUOTE="krispy, post: 2700778, member: 19065"]French India proof, French (Chine Colle) India (actually a Chinese paper) proof,</p><p><br /></p><p>A printing method using a thin fine paper laid over an inked plate and trimmed to the exact size of the plate is then given a thin adhesive or none at all and the backing paper laid over this thus sandwiching the India paper between plate and backing paper before being put through the press. The result is a finer rendering of the printed lines in the finer more soft and absorbent India paper now bonded to the backing sheet. The India paper differs in manufacture from the western woven or laid papers and is known to have a smoother finish that uniquely renders a better engraved image. It also tends to be made of longer pulp fibers and is quite strong as well as coming in a variety of soft natural colors. You can often see paper that has been printed chine colle as the printed area of the plate is a soft natural color offset by the whiter backing paper.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think this is an abbreviated way of telling us of the type of paper and print presentation these were made on.</p><p><br /></p><p>Calling it India paper was a Western inaccuracy, and similar to how some continue to call traditional Asian handmade papers, "rice paper" when in fact most are made of mulberry or koso fibers, amongst others, and none are in fact made from actual, rice![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="krispy, post: 2700778, member: 19065"]French India proof, French (Chine Colle) India (actually a Chinese paper) proof, A printing method using a thin fine paper laid over an inked plate and trimmed to the exact size of the plate is then given a thin adhesive or none at all and the backing paper laid over this thus sandwiching the India paper between plate and backing paper before being put through the press. The result is a finer rendering of the printed lines in the finer more soft and absorbent India paper now bonded to the backing sheet. The India paper differs in manufacture from the western woven or laid papers and is known to have a smoother finish that uniquely renders a better engraved image. It also tends to be made of longer pulp fibers and is quite strong as well as coming in a variety of soft natural colors. You can often see paper that has been printed chine colle as the printed area of the plate is a soft natural color offset by the whiter backing paper. I think this is an abbreviated way of telling us of the type of paper and print presentation these were made on. Calling it India paper was a Western inaccuracy, and similar to how some continue to call traditional Asian handmade papers, "rice paper" when in fact most are made of mulberry or koso fibers, amongst others, and none are in fact made from actual, rice![/QUOTE]
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