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Italian to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Archaeology / guida museo | |||||
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4 +2 | decorative paper (covering the beams, walls, and.....) |
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decorative paper (covering the beams, walls, and.....) Explanation: "Ad incartate" was a decorative technique used to cover wooden ceilings and other wooden parts of buildings, extensively used in Naples beginning from the middle of the seventeenth century. It was applied in two layers: The "sottocarta" (a first layer of waste paper glued directly to the wood surface) followed by the decorative "incartata" (applied over the first layer). Good examples here: http://tinyurl.com/hcwxgy7 I don't know if there is a more exact technical term in English. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2016-02-15 11:28:05 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I think the technique is still used (though in an updated and much simplified version). Certainly as your text says, it was still being used at the beginning of the 20th cent. |
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