librarycompany: “ We’re eyeing the gorgeous green Dutch-gilt paper wrappers on our copy of Prayers and Hymns for the Use of Children (1800) on this #WrapperWednesday Dutch-gilt paper was a popular decorative paper produced in the 18th and early 19th...
librarycompany: “ We’re eyeing the gorgeous green Dutch-gilt paper wrappers on our copy of Prayers and Hymns for the Use of Children (1800) on this #WrapperWednesday Dutch-gilt paper was a popular decorative paper produced in the 18th and early 19th...
librarycompany: “ We’re eyeing the gorgeous green Dutch-gilt paper wrappers on our copy of Prayers and Hymns for the Use of Children (1800) on this #WrapperWednesday Dutch-gilt paper was a popular decorative paper produced in the 18th and early 19th...

librarycompany:

We’re eyeing the gorgeous green Dutch-gilt paper wrappers on our copy of Prayers and Hymns for the Use of Children (1800) on this #WrapperWednesday

Dutch-gilt paper was a popular decorative paper produced in the 18th and early 19th centuries, and can be found in a variety of colors with embossed or printed decoration mimicking popular brocades and damask fabrics of the period. 

Watts, Isaac, 1674-1748. Prayers and hymns for the use of children.  Whitehall [Pa.]: : Printed for W. Young, the corner of Chesnut and second-streets, Philadelphia., M,DCCC. [1800] 32 p. ;  10 cm (24mo)

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