Title
Die Fortschritte der Marmorierkunst: Ein Praktisches Handbuch für Buchbinder und Buntpapierfabrikanten.
Coverage
Josef Halfer.
Stuttgart:
Publisher
Wilhelm Leo,
Date
1891
Description
Josef Halfer practiced marbling at a time when it was being replaced by mechanically produced substitutes. His innovative applications of scientific advances resolved earlier marbling problems, resulting in an efflorescence of new patterns and a revival of interest in the craft. Halfer’s manual was influential on Polly Fox, who published a facsimile of the 2nd edition in 1989. Shown here is a marbling device and Plate 1, Probieren der Farben (Showing the Colors).
Source
Thomas J. Watson Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Friends of the Thomas J. Watson Library Gift