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Block printing

Scope note

Use for printing from wooden blocks, as in block books before movable type, or from wood or occasionally metal blocks on textile. Sometimes used loosely with reference to relief printmaking processes; there prefer "relief printing."

This term has 6 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Technique

Getty AAT term number

300053289

Broader Terms used

<relief printmaking processes>

Equivalent Terms used

block-printed

Created

12yrs ago

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