{"product_id":"marbled-cocktail-napkins","title":"Marbled Cocktail Napkins","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese unique paper cocktail napkins are available in packs of twenty-four and 100.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe first known example of marbled (or marbleized) paper dates to tenth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecentury Japan. From there, although the timeline and pathways are far from definite, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eartform\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e traveled to China\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and then on to Europe during the Renaissance. There, marbled paper decorated book covers, endpapers, and book edges. These are the uses we are most familiar with today. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the fifteenth century, related methods were practiced in Turkey, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewhere they \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewere known as \u003ci\u003eEbrû, \u003c\/i\u003eand in Persian countries, known as \u003ci\u003eAbri\u003c\/i\u003e. Fittingly, for a form of evanescent patterns, \u003ci\u003eEbrû\u003c\/i\u003e translates into “the art of the clouds” (“cloud” is \u003ci\u003eebr\u003c\/i\u003e in Turkish and\u003ci\u003e abri\u003c\/i\u003e in Persian).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAccording to the American Antiquarian Society, “the art still seems somewhat like sorcery. A marbler throws chemicals and pigments into a bath, agitates and stirs the concoction with brushes and rakes, then places a piece of paper on the surface, which is promptly removed to reveal a stunning pattern on one side—marbling magic! Nineteenth-century observers frequently commented on the mystical qualities of the craft, which was only practiced by a relatively small number of artisans.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe marbled patterns on these high-quality paper napkins are taken from the following o\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eriginal sources:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eMaroon: Marbled paper from inside front cover of \u003ci\u003eThe Snakes of Australia\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ean Illustrated Catalogue\u003c\/i\u003e (1869) by Thomas Richards, Government Printmaster.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eRed: Marbled paper from a cover (library binding, likely) of \u003ci\u003eFerns: British and Exotic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cem\u003eVol. 3 \u003c\/em\u003e(1864 reprint) by Edward Joseph Lowe.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eBlue: Marbled paper book cover from \u003ci\u003eLetters of Joseph Jones of Virginia\u003c\/i\u003e (1777-1787) by Joseph Jones and Worthington C. Ford, United States Department of State.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eGreen: Marbled paper from \u003ci\u003eFlora Rustica: Exhibiting ... Figures of Such Plants as Are Either Useful or Injurious in Husbandry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cem\u003eVol. 2 \u003c\/em\u003e(1971) by Thomas Martyn and Frederick Polydore Nodder, illustrator.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"The Reader's Catalog","offers":[{"title":"24 Napkins","offer_id":42103731683374,"sku":"05-MAR24","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100 Napkins","offer_id":42103731716142,"sku":"05-MA100","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0891\/0192\/files\/IMG_3919.jpg?v=1773930421","url":"https:\/\/shop.nybooks.com\/products\/marbled-cocktail-napkins","provider":"The Reader's Catalog","version":"1.0","type":"link"}