Menpes, Mortimer, 1855-1938, Menpes, Dorothy · London : A. & C. Black · leaf 432
sweep. Then the paper is left to dry, andout of about one hundred sheets stained in this way,in all probability only a dozen will be found sufficientlyperfect to deceive the buyer. That is the beginningof the manufacture of an imitation old kakemono tobe sold to the European connoisseur for… … Workers have been the result of such minute care and considera-tion ? The Japanese can imitate postage stamps soaccurately that the only hope of discovering a fraudlies in analysing the gum at the back of a stamp.When we stain paper in coffee or beer to give it theeffect of age, we consider that we…
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