tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8465680991340085889.post2695788080148385244..comments2024-03-22T14:01:18.225-04:00Comments on Baroque Embellishments: Early 17th Century Block printing on Linen for EmbroideryKimberly Servellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08429456479703363604noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8465680991340085889.post-26291120920245714162023-03-28T03:20:06.760-04:002023-03-28T03:20:06.760-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Julia Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04038761189058588795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8465680991340085889.post-51715071287950789472020-09-07T09:44:17.318-04:002020-09-07T09:44:17.318-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Julia Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04038761189058588795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8465680991340085889.post-27647933613608104812011-07-30T01:07:19.197-04:002011-07-30T01:07:19.197-04:00It sounds like you're having fun!It sounds like you're having fun!MeganHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14842743721181682681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8465680991340085889.post-1734005511568797832011-07-29T10:51:08.963-04:002011-07-29T10:51:08.963-04:00Hi Rachel,
They are different techniques. Bloc...Hi Rachel,<br /> They are different techniques. Block printing, I'm assuming, means wood block printing. Engraving would be a design cut onto a metal plate and then stamped on paper (using ink, obviously). Etchings, which came later I believe, also are designs cut into metal plates, but acid is used to "cut" the design into the plates instead of tools.Kimberly Servellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08429456479703363604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8465680991340085889.post-58232390035113930872011-07-29T10:25:12.491-04:002011-07-29T10:25:12.491-04:00I would thought that engraving and block printing ...I would thought that engraving and block printing were radically different, more particularly since I suspect engraving would be a later technique as it requires higher pressure... It certainly sounds as though the V&A need to be a bit more precise in their terminology!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com