The artistic tradition of Laid Paper closely resembles the nostalgic appeal of a hand-crafted paper. Laid paper offers the characteristic of a linear pattern and is often found in high-quality writing papers. The pattern is applied within the manufacturing process by a dandy roll while the paper is still very wet. The laid dandy roll consists of wires that run parallel to the roll’s axis (laid lines) and chain lines which connect the laid lines and run with the grain of the paper.