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Show 4 OLD~PAPERMAKIN shown in the appended specimen D, and also i Figure 1 e, which shows a section of a mould o which this paper is formed Making the moulds required great skill as the were constantly in and out of warm water and i the wooden frames had not been joined properly a the corners they would have warped and becom useless. Two moulds and one deckle were used a each vatand it was essential that the decle fit bot moulds perfectly e wood to be used for mould malking was prepared by cutting the material into narrow boards free from blemishes, and subjecting it to hot wate and slowly dried. This process was repeated man times before the wood was considered ready to b made up A translation from Le Normand's "Manuel d fabricant de papiers," (Paris, 1833), describes th process of covering a laid mould thus; "The worlkman takes the finished stocks, and bores on the upper surface of one of the long sides of the mould above the tenon of each rib, as many holes as ther are ribs. He then places a pin in each hole carryin two threads of fine brass wire each wound upon a separate spool. These are the cross wires. Afte having laid out the wire for the mould covering the artisan starts with its making "He lays the wire by means of an instrumen adapted to that purpose, and of which the simples g Diitl image © 2004 Warrot Library, Universty of Utah. Al rights reservd |
