intaglio
IPA: ɪntˈæɫjoʊ
noun
- A design or piece of art which is engraved or etched into something.
- (printing) Any printing method in which the ink is laid upon the sunken parts of the printing form.
verb
- To engrave or etch using intaglio.
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Examples of "intaglio" in Sentences
- They were all printed in intaglio.
- The design of the stamp was an intaglio image.
- Intaglio techniques are often combined on a plate.
- Collographs may also be printed as intaglio plates.
- The Queen's head and the lettering are all intaglio.
- This color print on paper is an intaglio vitreograph.
- Carborundum prints may be printed as intaglio plates.
- Intaglio means that the image is incised into the plate.
- As a wood carver he specialized in wood inlay, or 'intaglio'.
- Aquatint is an intaglio printmaking technique, a variant of etching.
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