German photo album interleaving paper

[Kristie Dobbins]

In our collection we have lots of pre-WWII/WWII era photo albums from German families. A majority of these albums have sheets of interleaving with a spider web pattern.

I would like to know the story behind this seemingly popular pattern, if anyone has more information. I am also concerned about it damaging the photos. Should I place acid-free or mylar interleaving in front of and behind each page of spider web interleaving?

Thank you.

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