Caption

Ornamental border with figures of angels and a plant tendril motif; Deberny & Cie (Paris; typographic foundry; 18th–19th century), publisher. Ornaments, angel. Place card — ornamental frame with a blank space in the center intended for mounting or printing an illustration from another plate or woodcut block. This is a cast from a woodcut block: casts of copper (galvanic method), lead, or zinc were made from blocks and used for printing to avoid damaging the originals; original blocks were stored for reuse. Polish printing houses printed illustrations from metal replicas of blocks received from abroad; the method was also used for printing large-scale engravings (e.g., holy images). It is not always possible to recognize which illustrations were printed directly from boxwood blocks and which from their metal, often hand-retouched, casts. Before 1900, Paris. Graphic plate; height 13.2 cm, width 8.5 cm, thickness 2.4 cm. Graphic matrix: height 13.2 cm, width 8.5 cm, thickness 0.2 cm.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A74_255

License type

Rights managed

Available size

48.9Mb (3.7Mb) / 20.0in x 9.5in / 6000 x 2850 (300dpi)

Keywords

Ornamental border figures angels plant tendril motif Deberny & Cie Paris typographic foundry 18th–19th century publisher Ornaments angel Place card ornamental frame blank space center intended mounting printing illustration another plate woodcut block cast casts copper galvanic method lead zinc blocks avoid damaging originals original blocks stored reuse Polish houses printed illustrations metal replicas blocks received abroad method was also printing large-scale engravings e.g holy images possible recognize printed directly boxwood blocks metal hand-retouched 1900 Graphic plate height 13.2 cm width 8.5 cm thickness 2.4 cm Graphic matrix height 13.2 cm thickness 0.2 cm rectangular wooden frame recessed inner area sits smooth surface frame weathered brown wood grain darker brown edges worn rough texture darker grayish material lining top inner rim uneven slightly chipped small decorative label- patch outer side featuring patterned border blue tones light center surrounding colors include muted brown dark brown gray bluish-gray hint beige wood.