Notebook A5 . Blue carnation . 1750

Notebook, size 14.8 X 21 cm – 30 ivory paper pages. Bound in accordance with a traditional process. The sheets are sewn together by hand with a Singer machine with black thread.

This domino paper design (domino paper is the ancestor of wallpaper) was created in 1750 by "Les Associé" parisian manufacturers. It represents carnations and leaves on a dotted background. Pattern were originally printed using engraved woodblocks, and colors applied with a stencil.

Collection of Musée des Arts Décoratifs de Paris               
Photographic credit: Les Arts Décoratifs/ Jean Tholance