Picture Details
Paper stock from banyan bark
Partner:
Kew GardensImage reference:
EBC43041Origin:
IndiaDonor / Date:
Thomas Routledge, 1879Size:
W 40-50; L 80-100 mmDescription:
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Paper stock is a stage in paper making. The bark fibres have been pulped with water to break and separate them out. Routledge was author of a number of pamphlets on papermaking and also worked at the Ford Paper Mill in Sunderland, England. He sent over 50 collections to Kew of plant species tested for their paper making qualities. He received the original bark for this sample from the Indian Forest Department.
