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Casting plaster

Scope note

Type of plaster of Paris especially prepared to have the properties most desirable for casting and carving; it is very fine-grained, absorbent, brilliantly white, slow setting, and capable of taking fine detail. MAYER

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300014932

Broader Terms used

plaster of Paris

Term used for

plaster, casting

Created

13yrs ago

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