Sketchbook (Fabriano paper sample book)

Artists

Description

27 pages, plus "front" page with list of paper sizes. Each page is a different wove paper type manufactured by Fabriano. Each is stamped with information on paper type, weight, dimension, etc. Drawings are variously in black ink, watercolor. Cover printed: CARTIER MILANI - FABRIANO / SOCIETA per AZIONI / CARTA PER DISEGNO / SERIE "FABRIANO ESPORTAZIONE"

Dimensions

14 x 22.2 cm (5 1/2 x 8 3/4 in.) pages: 13.5 x 19.1 cm (5 5/16 x 7 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Cynthia Hadzi, Cambridge, Massachusetts, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2007.