Preferred label

Laid lines               

Alternative label

Wire lines

Scope note

The thinner and more closely spaced impressions left on paper substrate by the laid wires of the papermaking mould.       

Parent concept

Paper (Materials)        

uh-linked-data/concept/363        

Related concept 

Chain lines        

uh-linked-data/concept/52

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/213