Paperblanks Amaranth Bookmark

Never lose your place again with this beautifully crafted Amaranth bookmark from Paperblanks – the perfect companion for a favourite novel or journal, and a delightful little gift.

With this pink bookmark design, we celebrate the warm and enticing hues of the changing seasons and the possibilities that they bring. With a golden filigree design that calls to mind wheat stalks and corn fields, Amaranth is sure to warm up your creative energy on even the coldest autumn nights.

The Story Behind the Design

Our Fall Filigree series reproduces the pattern of an 18th-century leather book cover. At that time, the Bavarian town of Hof, where the binding was crafted, was experiencing material abundance and an upsurge in artistic output. Consequently, people had the means to afford luxury items like richly bound and decorated books, such as the one reproduced here.

The original was published in 1736 by Johann Gottlieb Vierling, who specialised in religious, scientific and philosophical texts. This binding contained a publication of the Old and New Testaments. The gold tooling of the cover design is a composite of stylised elements, with the front panel divided into four compartments, each complete with a vase of three flowers. The finely wrought ornaments surrounding each of these quarters is suggestive of filigree, a delicate decorative metalwork popular in bookbinding at the time.

While one part of this series’ name acknowledges the design’s filigreed ornamentation, its botanical character also turned us to thoughts of autumn and its warm, alluring colours. Our Amaranth cover title comes from the vivid colour of the so-named plant’s flowers. According to Greek tradition, amaranth is a symbol of immortality and as such can also represent the perpetual cycle of seasonal transformations, appropriate for this autumnal design.

• Original artwork: Leather scripture book
• Era: 1736
• Region: Hof, Germany

Product Details

• Dimensions: 40 × 185 × 1 mm
• Design: Amaranth
• Series: Fall Filigree
• Double-sided design
• Decorative printed paper
• Textured printing
• Rounded edges
• Subtle Paperblanks branding
• Weight: 10 g
• Product code: PA7306-2 | ISBN: 9781439773062

About Paperblanks

Paperblanks works with museums, libraries, galleries and artists around the world to faithfully reproduce remarkable artwork, historic bindings and treasured manuscripts, bringing the same care and craftsmanship found in its celebrated journals to every accessory.