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Show 6 never sufficiently smooth for the purpose. The paper of Kashmir was size with rice paste, while in the Punjab wheat paste was the material used fo flat upon the ropes in the courtyard, photograph 36, where the tropical su beat down upon them. After the paste had thoroughly dried, the sheets wer subjected to a polishing, as in Kashmir. In Sailkot, however, the polishing agate was set in a conveniently-shaped handle made of clay. Photograp . The paper to be polished was laid upon a heavy curved, or rounded board, held firmly on a stone or cement base, or resting upon two woode legs; the paper was rubbed over and over, photograph 48, with the agate, an after fifteen minutes' work the sheet presented a highly glazed surface characteristic of all Indian handmade papers both ancient and modern. In Sailkot, as in Kashmir, the workers asked how they could compet with paper manufactured on the paper-machine. They also invariably aske me regarding a method for ey the writing qudhw of their papers as the machinemade product was becoming more and mor lar beater sui mmy for calligraphy. "The Indian papermaker " Wein 1o . V. Ecron s the s bt of ppe e lcd, e fllowing 1o k e 6 i papr e eogh o theshect,from e 8 s ""The implements used for polishing are the ting oil on the stone to prevent seratching, a nmm wm) md the sone g). The fms - drig his sage ¢ s mt e . cvrye of wood e eml g ol e ep ey lan, or of the pa e e o o plaor). The_ desripion of lboue At e e wn abl stone consists of a smoot lip- bodicd bodied man can polish six shects per day t tical mass made hrh\/md.wuru.‘mc'mpu commence with, and these even he scratches pulp, and of such ( be convenient _ Graduall the task it increased wntl the max P e iy board, on which firs a small quanity of lime and four quiressccond class is reached. Digital image© 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah, All rights reserved |
