Dutch gilt papers

 

Here are some examples of gloriously decadent 18th century Dutch gilt paper or brocade paper. It is created using a relief print process using gold or metal leaf instead of inks.  Dutch Gilt was widely used in the 17th or 18th centuries, though the name 'Dutch' is a misnomer: as these papers were produced in southern Germany, and northern Italy, then exported to Britain via the Netherlands.

 

Above: Early 18th century gilt endpapers on a red paste paper ground in Virgil’s Works (1679). 

Below: Antique Dutch Gilt, made in the 1700s, probably in Germany (Thanks)

Above; French book on Medieval Art 1869.