Preferred label

Watermark                

Alternative label

Scope note

A design visible in a sheet of paper when held up to the light, such as those created by contact with a wire pattern during the paper-making process.        

Parent concept

Paper (Materials)        

uh-linked-data/concept/363        

Related concept   

Material feature        

uh-linked-data/concept/332

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

Not in AAT

The Language of Bindings Thesaurus (LoB) Concept uri

Not in LoB

Scope note source reference

Source

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

Unlocking History Concept uri

uh-linked-data/concept/584