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Bu ebru kağıdının 962 Hicri (1554) yılına ait olduğu, Malik-i Deylemitarafından Güscistan'da yazılmış bu Ta'lik Kıt'ada ki Arapça tarihten anlaşılıyor. (U. Derman koleksiyonu)
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Mıkleplerde Ebru (Fuat Başar Koleksiyonu)
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Necmeddin Okyay'dan önce yapılabilen çiçekli ebru (U.Derman-Koleksiyonu)
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TC Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, Osmanlı Arşivi Daire Başkanlığı, Hicri 1212-1215 (1798-1801)
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THE HISTORY OF MARBLING
The origin of marbling art is not known exactly. Marble paper was usually used inside the bindings of hand written books and as cornice or as a light background decoration in calligraphy albums and writings yet, it is not possible to find the exact dates that these art works are made. Some works are found by archeological engravings in Uygur Republic's Hoten province (which is under occupancy of China) which are estimated as made in years of 800-1000, and in Azerbaijan is another indication of porcelain that is said to belong to 1400's.
Considering the available information still the oldest Ebru of 1544 is a writing of verse on a light marbled paper. Prof. Uğur Derman affirms that this writing which is now in his private collection belongs to Malik-i Deylemi. But he points out that "light marbling" is a method that is attained after a period of specialization in the art so it wouldn't be wrong tomake an inference that the earliest examples belong to a date before 1500s.
Since 17th century marbling art started to become well known in West and many examples are made however Turkish ebru have always had more reputation and recognition. In western countries larger decorations were made on marble paper because some methods were not exactly known by the artists so for the collectors Turkish marbling was more preferential. Stillin European museums, many Turkish marbling-artist's creations are displayed. That is why this art (alongside its decorations on the paper that look like marble vessels), is known as "Turkish marble paper" in most of western countries.
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