Endpaper

About this work

This is a folded sheet of purple paper covered in tiny squares and lines. The squares are mostly gold, with some darker brown and blue shapes inside. The edges are frayed, and the paper looks old. It’s framed by a thin gold border at the top and bottom. The gold ink makes the patterns stand out sharply against the purple. The design is precise, with no mistakes—every square lines up perfectly. This kind of careful, repeated pattern was common in books from that time. Next, look up woodcut to see how artists carved these designs into wood blocks.