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colour wood engravings

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Categorycolour wood engravings
Alternative termscolor wood engraving, colour wood engraving
SourceArt & Architecture Thesaurus

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Engravings featuring colors printed from end-grain wood blocks; they were mainly used in 1850 to 1900 for reproductive purposes and as such are often referred to as chromoxylographs.

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