Vellum

Anybody know anything about vellum?
Heck, I am not even good on the old papers, you know, wove and laid and
all that.

What does vellum look like under magnification? Etc.

glog...

Good description of vellum
Lee in Toronto

Marshall Schuon...

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The only vellum I know about was the stuff we used to use in high
school drafting class. It was heavy and translucent and we would lay
it over a pencil drawing to do a finished ink rendering. Probably not
what you're asking about, though.

Rich Maxson...

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As an old drafter [nee draftsman/draughtsman] I think Marshall's reference
is to "linen," which was actually a piece of linen cloth hardened with an
encasing surface of paste. The surface became smooth and translucent
[bluish] and, as Marshall says, was used to prepare an India-ink finished
drawing. My dad was a true artisan with ink. I, on the other hand, would
always manage to get the nib too close to the straightedge and the ink would
run under and make a nasty blot.

On the other hand, I don't know nothing 'bout no vellum.

Rich Maxson
Lost in America Antiques

Kris Baker...

Rich!

I think you should take the lurker title away from ForestDuck.

Forest Duck...

Rich Maxson-a name from the past. You use to come around this site a few
years back. Haven't heard from you in awhile.
Howdy from Texas

rhiannon...

I have a calligrapher friend who may have a piece of vellum around and
if so I can take a look see at it and maybe describe it (or scan a piece
at high res). In general though, I would think that it wouldn't have
any "threads" in it as paper would. I would think that it should look
somewhat like compressed leather (but that's entirely an uneducated guess).