Pattern Papers
During the 19th century, mass-produced decorative papers were a common sight in books. The following is our collection of these papers. The reference for this material is an article that Sue Allen produced for Winterthur Portfolio 12, University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1977. We have used and occasionally enlarged the categories that Sue Allen followed in her article. All of the pattern papers illustrated here are in our collection and are referenced with Sue Allen’s numbers if they appear in her article and with RB- prefix if they are patterns that Sue Allen did not reference.
seaweeds
SA 2
SA 4
SA 6
SA 6
sprigs and tiny bouquets
SA 14
SA 15 Brown
SA 15 Cream
SA 16
RB 4
RB 19
small flowers and leaves connected by stems
SA 20
RB 3
RB 6 variation
RB 11
RB 13
RB 14
RB 17
tightly fitted flowers and leaves
SA 23
RB 6
RB 20
“Eastlake” style flowers
SA 31
SA 33
small geometrics
RB 9
RB 10
RB 16
RB 23
mechanical and imitative
SA 43
RB 13
designs on two axes
RB 17
RB 22
Renaissance style
SA 47
SA 47 variation
RB 15
publishers’ initials and trademarks and similarly organized units
RB 8
RB 12
RB 10
RB 12 brown
RB 12 green
RB 14
RB 16
RB 18
Japanese and East Asian motifs and arrangements
SA 63
typefounders’ combination borders
SA 74 brown
SA 74 green
stylized foliage (RB)
