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The Oxford Dictionary of Art | 2004 | | © The Oxford Dictionary of Art 2004, originally published by Oxford University Press 2004. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

stencil. A thin sheet of metal, paper, or other suitable material perforated with a design (or often lettering) that is reproduced on paper, fabric, or other surface when the sheet is laid on them and colour is brushed, rubbed, or sprayed through the openings. A ‘negative stencil’ is one in which an object is placed on a surface and colour is deposited around it. Stencilling was probably the earliest method to be devised of duplicating a design and it has a long history in fabric printing, for example. Prints made entirely by stencilling are uncommon, but the method was often used to add colour to cheap popular woodcuts. In France, where it is called pochoir, stencilling has been much employed in book illustration. The more sophisticated technique of screenprinting is based on stencilling.

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