puntinato a rotella

English translation: roller stamped

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Italian term or phrase:	puntinato a rotella
English translation:	roller stamped
Entered by:	Isabelle Johnson

15:28 Aug 29, 2014

Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting

Italian term or phrase: puntinato a rotella

Here's another one I can't work out. I've come across it twice so far:

Con l’indice levato della mano destra la donna addita alla sua sinistra molto probabilmente il secondo elemento figurativo che doveva comporre la scena decorativa, cui concorrono anche una rosetta, stilizzata sul fondo violetto puntinato a rotella, e un albero, di cui si scorge in parte il tronco secco

L’elemento figurativo centrale del ritratto, di maturo gusto rinascimentale, è contornato da ornamenti goticheggianti: lo sfondo puntinato a rotella, la coppia di rosette stilizzate, l’elemento arboreo.

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Isabelle Johnson KudoZ activity Questions: 214 (none open) (7 without valid answers) (23 closed without grading) Answers: 433 Italy
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stippled using a roller-stamp

Explanation:
stippled background

some examples of ceramics with stippled background.
http://etruscanmajolica.blogspot.it/2011_01_01_archive.html

During the early sixth century bucchero was often ornamented with repeating designs impressed with a roller-stamp.
http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/articles/b/b...

Selected response from:

Maria Fokin
Italy
Local time: 11:06

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Summary of answers provided

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stippled using a roller-stamp

Maria Fokin

decorated with points impressed by means of a wheel

Pompeo Lattanzi

roller pinholing

Gabriele Penna

Discussion entries: 6

Answers

54 mins confidence:

decorated with points impressed by means of a wheel

Explanation:
This clearly refers to the background (fondo) all around the image focus figure.
My suggestion is more than anything else an explanation, I'm afraid artistic terminology is not quite my forte!

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Note added at 2 hrs (2014-08-29 18:09:31 GMT)
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I would risk a "a roller-printed point pattern". I assume the dots are painted rather than pressed-in. Only sort of reference I can find is here: http://www.plus-america.com/craft/deco_roller.html , this being a stamp roller, probably similar to the one used for your ceramic.

Pompeo Lattanzi
Italy
Local time: 11:06
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Italian
PRO pts in category: 24

Notes to answerer

Asker: Totally understand!! My problem too. It's good to have confirmed what it is but I can't find the appropraite term in English...

3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

stippled using a roller-stamp

Maria Fokin
Italy
Local time: 11:06
Native speaker of:

English,

Russian
PRO pts in category: 16

Grading comment

Thanks to everyone

18 hrs confidence:

roller pinholing

Explanation:
It could be a good solution, as so far used in architecture and interior decorating

Gabriele Penna
Italy
Local time: 11:06
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Italian

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