vellum
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Vellum, made from animal skins, was long prized for manuscripts because of its texture and durability.
From Seattle Times • May 2, 2024
“A literary city is not just a publishing house or bookstores or writers or readers,” said Will Evans, publisher of Deep Vellum.
From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2024
In one Snohomish home, Board & Vellum designed a turret featuring two getaway spaces: a sitting room and a second lounge, accessed via a ship’s ladder.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 30, 2022
Each piece is “a drawing on top of a drawing on top of a drawing,” as if Servellon had created separate art works on translucent Vellum paper and layered them one on top of another.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 31, 2016
Also a Special Edition, Imperial 4to, on Japanese Vellum, limited to 50 Copies, the Plates on India Paper, one hand Coloured, with a Duplicate Set of Plates in handsome Portfolio for Framing.
From The World Masters by Griffith, George Chetwynd
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