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.         

Parent concept

Paper (Materials)       

uh-linked-data/concept/363

Related concept  

Ink        

uh-linked-data/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, 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/196