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RETROUSSAGE [1 record]

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Record 1 2015-03-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Intaglio Printing
DEF

[The] wiping of an inked engraved plate with a cloth so as to draw up a slight amount of ink to the edges of the filled lines and soften the definition of the lines when printed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Impression en creux (héliogravure)
DEF

Action, procédé consistant à retrousser une planche encrée.

OBS

retrousser : Essuyer plus ou moins, avec un tampon de mousseline, une planche en taille-douce après l'avoir encrée, de façon à moduler la vigueur des différentes parties et à donner à l'ensemble un aspect plus fondu, plus enveloppé que ne le donne un essuyage rigoureux.

Spanish

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