[Bassano del Grappa, Remondini, ca. 1840]. Large, folio sheet of wove paper, oblong (36.0 x 46.0 cm). Loose, as issued.

A very unusual sheet of printed and painted paper representing pieces of lace. Also called papier dominoté (French) or Buntpapier (German), probably meant as endpapers for folio-sized books, or as a wallpaper example. The sheet is dyed black, with floral and honeycomb woodblock printing in white gouache - a very rare combination. This may be the work of Remondini, a firm of print publishers based in Bassano del Grappa and active from the mid-17th century to 1860. old strip of paper to verso, to strengthen the margin. Some off-setting to the verso from a contemporary sheet which looks like some sort of game. Some marginal fraying, otherwise very good, the printing strong.