Unlocking History Concept uri

https://letterlocking.org/doll/concept/196

Preferred label

ink blotter

Alternative label

blotter  

Scope note

A tool used to press on blotting paper in a rocking motion to help absorb wet ink from a substrate surface. 

Top concept

objects  

https://letterlocking.org/doll/concept/607

Broader/Parent concept

tools and materials       

https://letterlocking.org/doll/concept/612

Related concept 

ink

https://letterlocking.org/doll/concept/195  

The Arts & Architecture ThesaurusⓇ Online, The Getty Research Institute Concept uri

Not exact match in AATA        

The Language of Bindings Thesaurus (LoB) Concept uri

Not in LoB

Scope note source reference

Source

Jana Dambrogio and Daniel Starza Smith with the Unlocking History Research Group. Letterlocking: The Hidden History of the Letter. Cambridge and London: MIT Press, 2025.


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