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Pantographs

Scope note

Devices consisting of four strips of wood or some other material which are hinged together in a square so that they overlap and can be adjusted to the scale of the work being copied, enlarged, or reduced. MAYER

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300022426

Equivalent Terms used

pantograph

Created

13yrs ago

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