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‖ frotton|frɔtɔ̃|
[Fr., f. frotter to rub. The termination -on denotes a tool or implement.]
In early block-printing, a dabber or burnisher used to press the damp sheet upon the inked block.
1876T. L. De Vinne Invention of Printing 83 How were these images printed? Almost every author who has written on printing has said that they were printed by friction, with a tool known as the frotton, which has been described as a small cushion of cloth stuffed with wool. 1893E. G. Duff Early Printed Bks. 17 It consists of three sheets of paper, each of which contains an impression from a block... They are printed by means of the frotton in light-coloured ink. 1911Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 511/2 Then a sheet of damp paper was laid upon it [sc. the block], and the back of the paper was carefully rubbed with some kind of dabber or burnisher, usually called a frotton, till an impression from the ridges of the carved block had been transferred to the paper. 1960G. A. Glaister Gloss. Bk. 149 Frotton printing, a method of taking an impression from type by rubbing the verso of a leaf laid upon it. This method was used before the invention of the press. |