intaglio

• This remarkable machine could copy and cut steel dies either in intaglio or in cameo of any size, and, in short, enabled the mechanic who managed it to transfer the most minute and characteristic touches of the original model to the steel dies for any variety of size of coin. —  James Nasmyth: Engineer, An Autobiography.
• It is an ancient carnelian intaglio which he obtained in Rome, and bears upon its face, exquisitely engraved, a Winged Victory. —  Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White, V2
• This intaglio is the most controversial one, as some believe it was only carved in the 1930s, though the consensus view is that it is much older. —  Latest Articles
• The reader probably knows that a photogravure plate is not a relief plate, but an intaglio, and is printed on an etching-press in the same manner as an etching and requires special skill in printing on the part of the printer to produce the best results. —  The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing
• One of them showed us an intaglio which he had bought. —  Memoirs

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