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ALPHABETICAL LIST OF PAPERS
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Cover Papers.—The term is applied to a large class of fancy papers, made in many shades, substances and sizes, suitable for the covers of pamphlets, booklets, price lists, for box covering, and the neutral shades for photographic albums and mounts. The qualities vary with the prices, which range from 2d. to 8d. per lb., the sizes following those most in demand, viz., medium (for demy), royal, etc.
Crayon Papers.—Drawing papers specially prepared for crayon work, with a rough surface, or finished smooth on one side. Hand-made or machine-made white or tinted papers are obtainable.
Crepe Papers.—Tissues in tints and deep colours, crinkled by passing through rollers bearing the pattern. The paper is much reduced in length, often to less than half the original length. Made up in rolls of 20 inches wide, 2½ yards long. Used for many fancy purposes, candle and lamp shades, artificial flowers, etc.
Cutlery Papers.—Thin brown papers, glazed on one or both sides, manufactured with special care to avoid acidity, so that they are sometimes finished with some alkalinity in order that cutlery and similar articles wrapped in the paper shall not be liable to attack from residues in the paper.
Drapers' Caps.—Very thin brown papers, glazed on one side (M.G.), made of wood pulp, used for wrapping small articles in many trades besides that of drapers; usual size, double crown.
Drawing Papers are made of the best and strongest rag fibres, free from impurities of all kinds. The highest classes of drawing papers are hand-made from unbleached fibre, tub-sized, with special treatment to avoid deterioration of the sizing, air-dried, and finished with various surfaces to suit different purposes. Machinemade drawing papers are made of similar materials with similar treatment, but papers of very fair quality, made entirely of chemical wood and engine-sized, are on the market. Cartridge papers are frequently used as substitutes for ordinary machine-made drawing papers. The usual sizes are royal, imperial, double elephant, and antiquarian.
