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CRAQUELURE DIAGONALE [1 record]

Record 1 2017-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Painting (Arts)
  • Restoration of Works of Art (Museums and Heritage)
DEF

[A type of mechanical crack] often found at the corners of paintings ... that can result from inappropriate keying out or from dropping the painting on its corner.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Peinture (Arts)
  • Restauration d'œuvres d'art (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
DEF

Craquelure de tension se formant souvent dans les coins des peintures [qui peut] être causée par un réglage de la tension de la toile inadéquat ou par un choc subi par le coin de la peinture.

Spanish

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