Before the 19th century, the deckle edge was unavoidable, a natural artifact of the papermaking process in which sheets of paper were made individually on a deckle.
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The deckle could not make a perfect seal against the screen at the edges and the paper slurry would seep under, creating a rough edge to the paper.
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Since some materials have a tendency to neck in or spread out after leaving the die, workers may need to adjust the deckle position to achieve target width.
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Paper is manufactured by forming pulp fibers into a mat on an open mesh screen ( a deckle ), and then drying and pressing this mat into paper.
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The deckle leaves the edges of the paper slightly irregular and wavy, called " deckle edges ", one of the indications that the paper was made by hand.
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The deckle leaves the edges of the paper slightly irregular and wavy, called " deckle edges ", one of the indications that the paper was made by hand.
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To attract more revenue, a luxury edition was printed on deckle edged paper with a circulation of 100 copies, and sold at four-times the usual price.
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In a related sense, it can also mean "'deckle edge "'paper a type of paper with rough edges used in the book trade.
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This tradition carried forward into the 20th and 21st centuries . modern deckle is produced by a purpose-built machine to give the appearance of a true deckle edge by cutting a smooth edge into patterns.
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This tradition carried forward into the 20th and 21st centuries . modern deckle is produced by a purpose-built machine to give the appearance of a true deckle edge by cutting a smooth edge into patterns.
