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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;QuincyAK10, post: 366979, member: 6159&quot;]I think it is very difficult to try and date an item by its paper. Your paper is Modern Laid paper which was started to be made around 1800. The narrow spaced lines are called laid lines and the perpendicular lines that are wider spaced are called chain lines. prior to 1800 the process of sucking the water away from the paper would typically have some extra paper remaining at the chain line/laid line joints. After 1800 the suction process improved and this does not show. Wove paper started to become popular in 1780 and was the paper of choice of artists because they did not have to deal with the bumps of laid lines.&nbsp; Here is a site to get you a little more information....I want to go to this camp! I did work at a modern paper mill one summer and have taught elementary paper making to high school students.</p><p><a href="https://collation.folger.edu/2012/06/learning-to-read-old-paper/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collation.folger.edu/2012/06/learning-to-read-old-paper/" rel="nofollow">https://collation.folger.edu/2012/06/learning-to-read-old-paper/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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