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ArtLex on Paper |
 | | Fine arts papers are made of pulped linen and cotton rags; while lower quality, impermanent papers, such as newsprint, construction paper, coated papers, and butcher paper, are made of wood pulp or a combination of wood pulp and cotton rag. |
 | | Kraft paper, made chemically with sulfate, is used for bags and wrapping papers because of its strength. |
 | | By the fifteenth century in Europe, paper mills were widely established, and paper was often used as a support for works of art, as well as for the books printed with the just-invented movable-type, and for the prints being made by the new |
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