There actually was a paper cutter that would make those crinkly edges. Just like the levered paper cutters we know so well, only with matching opposed wavy edges. A former employer of mine found one somewhere.
There actually was a paper cutter that would make those crinkly edges. Just like the levered paper cutters we know so well, only with matching opposed wavy edges. A former employer of mine found one somewhere.
Reno, NV.
Jonathan
I thought that, too, Jim. It's also hard to imagine that people really dressed like this in everyday life.
Here's another one of unknown provenance:
Jonathan
I found this lovely portrait at recent antique dealer estate sale. It's a whole plate size print from The Misses Selby N.Y. guessing circa 1910.
I got to play with one in High School, in the late 1980's. It had a 8x10 size black painted base, like a miniature version of the standard green lever paper cutter, with matching wavy edges, and a fair amount of fine curves and details in them. Good action, as I recall. A curiosity, after playing with it a little bit, we never could figure out a proper artistic use for the effect. Modern-day scrapbookers use such tools, ranging from simple wheel cutters all the way up to programmable (but proprietary) sheet fed machines that are based on a inkjet printer chassis. (Drop in to a craft store sometime, you'd be surprised what people work with.)
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