Preferred label

 Shaped lock                

Alternative label

Scope note

A lock that has been cut or folded into a distinctive shape, for example a crown, diamond, or heart.  

Parent concept       

Lock        

uh-linked-data/concept/309  

Related concept                        

Locking mechanism        

uh-linked-data/concept/319

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/471