Marbled book cover with Library of Congress label – Antique Wall Art
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Marbled book cover with Library of Congress label, preserved in this historic image. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Marbled book cover with Library of Congress label
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Marbled paper is made by floating pigments on a thickened liquid and lifting the patterns onto sheets, a technique with roots in Turkish ebru work that spread into European bookbinding. The Library of Congress label on this cover shows the item came from the library's holdings, though the record does not name the book, its author, or its date. Its place on a Gettysburg board suggests a connection to the battlefield or its literature, but the cover itself gives few clues about its contents. Marbled covers were valued for their durability and decorative appeal, which is why many nineteenth-century volumes still carry them.
| Original scan | 4,000 × 3,006 px · prints to 13 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 00002u |
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