These antique method letterpress cards have a second pressing to hot emboss bronze foil, highlighting each design. Produced on eco-friendly papers, created with grape and vine fibers from Italian vineyards.
Blank folded cards measure 3.33″ x 5.12″
Packaged in a clear cello box with 10 cards of a single design / 10 envelopes.
About This Collection
Rossi 1931 Founded by Antonio Rossi in Florence, Italy Continually operated by the Rossi family in the traditional letterpress process.
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Rossi 1931 is family owned and operated paper-making company in Florence, Italy – operating since 1931.
These unique Italian designs, dating from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, are printed on high-quality soft paper.
This entire collection is made with the family’s traditional letterpress.
Developed in the 14th century, letterpress printing involves setting type and motifs in reverse on a letterpress plate.
The plate is then inked and pressed onto the surface of the paper.
The pressing process transfers the ink and leaves a deep impression on the paper creating a three-dimensional print that has a feel, unlike any other type of printing.
The nature of printing demands a high quality and generally heavier weight paper that will not tear or thin when pressed.
Created with a perfect type of paper containing fibers that are soft and readily accept an impression as well as ink.
As you might expect, letterpress printing is both time-consuming and labor-intensive.
Prints are made one at a time with each print having its own unique variations of ink coverage and depth of impression.