Title
Marbled paper, Old Dutch pattern.
Coverage
Jake Benson (b. 1969)
Publisher
ca. 1997 – ca. 2004.
Subject
Watercolor on Neenah Classic Laid paper
Description
Jake Benson is a bookbinder, conservator, marbler, and a historian of Islamic manuscripts. Benson learned marbling at a Faith Harrison workshop in 1991. He later developed a line of papers reproducing 17th- and 18th-century patterns for use in his work and for sale to individuals, conservation labs and retail shops. Benson’s large, hand polished papers are colored with his own water-based paints.
Source
Thomas J. Watson Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Jake Benson