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Rolls (tools)

Scope note

Finishing tools consisting of a handle and a brass wheel, the circumference of which is engraved so as to impress a continuous repeating pattern, called a roll, as it revolves under pressure.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000253017

Term used for

roll tools
tools, roll

Equivalent Terms used

roll (tool)

Created

13yrs ago

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