Sage’s Papers sample book.

Sage’s Papers sample book.

Sage Reynolds (b. 1948)

undated

Post-bound, linen-covered album

Sage’s Papers was a line of paste papers produced by Sage Reynolds and Colman Rutkin, of Staten Island, New York, from the late 1970s to the 2010s. This book was used to show clients a variety of patterns, finishes, gilding types, and colors which could be matched to Pantone swatches. The loose blue and gold flecked paper shown is dated 1984.

Thomas J. Watson Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Friends of the Thomas J. Watson Library Gift