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sgraffitomore about sgraffito

sgraffito


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sgraffito  \Sgraf*fi"to\,  a.  [It.]  (Paint.) 
  Scratched;  --  said  of  decorative  painting  of  a  certain  style, 
  in  which  a  white  overland  surface  is  cut  or  scratched 
  through  so  as  to  form  the  design  from  a  dark  ground 
  underneath. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sgraffito 
  n  :  a  ceramic  or  mural  decoration  made  by  scratching  off  a 
  surface  layer  to  reveal  the  ground 




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