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Show doubt this procedure has been in prac\mc for hundreds of years; the Chines themselvejregardecthe dckle odges as noonvenfent and uasightly.an elimina with a sword-like knife. Photograph 54. Mr. Khaddari ar\d his instructor cxpr(\wd contempt for the deckle edges on paper an ey were a offense to good taste and should always be cut away. I dn.lnot tell him tha it Ov i ugh edges are highly regarded, and that it i chiefl because of the false conception of the deckles that Western handmade pape finds a market. I am of the belief that deckle edges should be cut from al paper, cither Oriental or Occidental. Tn bookmaking these rough edges giv no end of difficulty in both printing and binding, they are a nuisance i turning the pages in reading, and, finally, on the book-collector's shelve they are useless except for catching dust and causing the paper to be mor casily torn along its edges. Tn fact, I cannot give a single reason why deckl edges should not be cut from all paper, no matter huw it is to be used sojou a go further into the village and pay our respects t el Sahai, photoold craftsman who followed the ancient traditions of India papermaking, and had not accepted the modern scheme of using discarde ‘paper cuttings as raw material, thus reducing not only labour but qualit as well. The Sahai cottage-mill was a considerable distance from the Khad dari school, and.again we were called upon to trudge through the dust roadway f ox-carts which threw the fine black dust into the ai and made bma(hmg not only difficult but highly injurious. On the way my In acquiring specimens o Indian paper for _ltle better understandin of the paper may b B ™ o the deckle edges be ef ntact,as in this form Digital mage © 2005 MarriottLibrary Universit of Utah, All rihts reserved |