Spanish Wave:  These are several examples of the famous Spanish Wave pattern, a beautiful 3-D effect that gives the effect of gathered fabric, though the paper is actually flat.  The pattern was supposedly accidentally invented by a drunk Spanish marbler in the 1800's; it is produced by rocking the paper back and forth while printing it.

This is an example of a Spanish Wave done on a Nonpareil... a rather rare pattern:

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