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Decalcomania
Technique for transferring engravings and prints / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Decalcomania (from French: décalcomanie) is a decorative technique by which engravings and prints may be transferred to pottery or other materials.
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A shortened version of the term is used for a mass-produced commodity art transfer or product label, known as a "decal".
Decalcomania is adapted from French décalcomanie, equivalent to décalquer, "to transfer a tracing of", plus English -mania. The verb "décalquer" is based on Italian calcare, "to stomp, trample", ultimately from Latin calx, "heel". Decalcomania was first recorded in English in the early 1860s.[1]