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Preferred term

Retroussage  

Definition

  • Lightly rubbing an intaglio printing plate with a soft rag, after it has been inked in the normal way, to produce a blurred, fuzzy effect in the print [AAT 94]

Entry terms

  • Dragging, retroussage
  • WIPING, RETROUSSAGE

Notation

  • 117469

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-M44B4584-7

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