Nearly forgotten but glorious art, envisionings and historical oddments from the back corners of the internet
Gold printed brocade relief specimens. Five in all. Created in Augsburg and Nuremberg, Prussia (Germany) in 1720-1820. Various makers. Made from an engraved copperplate, heated and covered with imitation gold leaf. From the website of rare bookseller Michael Laird.
On a voyage to see how much mileage I can get from the creative ability and eye for images that my family thought was useless. On line art curator, fiction writer and now blogger. Historian's daughter. Follow me . . .even I have no idea where I'm going next.
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