tissue paper

a very thin, almost transparent paper used for wrapping delicate articles, covering illustrations in books, copying letters, etc.

Origin of tissue paper

First recorded in 1770–80

Lay a piece of tissue-paper over the face of the print, and rub the squeegee over it lightly.

Harper's Round Table, August 6, 1895 |Various
My friends by this time must be weaving my wings—those wings of tissue-paper that come by the post, and take us anywhere.

Willing to Die |Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Remove the tissue-paper and strengthen the lines of your drawing with your hardest pencil.

Indoor and Outdoor Recreations for Girls |Lina Beard
His hands lighted on something done up in tissue-paper—an oblong parcel.

Despair's Last Journey |David Christie Murray

She spent a great deal of time folding the despised and rejected kimono into its tissue-paper wrappings.

The Little Mixer |Lillian Nicholson Shearon

tissue paper

very thin soft delicate paper used to wrap breakable goods, as decoration, etc