# Technique Vocabulary

967 distinct techniques across ~1.1 million mappings. The `#` column shows the number of artworks linked to each technique. The table below lists a representative subset; the full set is searchable via the vocabulary database.

**Usage:** `search_artwork` with `technique: "etching"`, `technique: "engraving"`, etc. Terms resolve to [Getty AAT](https://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/aat/) equivalents where available.

| Technique | # | Technique | # | Technique | # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 's Gravenmoer lace | 3 | cocoa marbled paper | 51 | oil transfer print | 5 |
| Abruzze lace | 3 | collage | 809 | old Binche lace | 1 |
| Alençon lace | 138 | collodion silver slide on glass | 11 | old Brabant lace | 12 |
| Antwerp lace | 12 | collotype | ~24,000 | old Brussels lace | 1 |
| Antwerp pot lace | 2 | color linocut | 255 | old Flemish lace | 89 |
| Argentan lace | 38 | color separation negative on film; color separation negative on glass | 3 | old Mechlin lace | 1 |
| Argentella (point) | 3 | color woodcut | 5,589 | old Milan lace | 2 |
| Baxter print | 9 | combed marbled paper | 155 | paint | 6,639 |
| Baxter-process print | 1 | counterproof | 605 | painting | 619 |
| Binche lace | 135 | crayon method | 11 | paste print | 1 |
| Brabant Valenciennes lace | 5 | crocheting | 98 | pearled rosaline | 4 |
| Brabant bobbin lace | 6 | cutting | 2,517 | peel apart (dye diffusion transfer print | 6 |
| Brabant lace | 1 | cyanotype | 1,451 | peel apart (silver diffusion transfer print) | 24 |
| Bruges flower lace | 7 | damask | 2,113 | pen | ~47,000 |
| Bruges lace | 3 | decorated paper | 269 | perforating | 661 |
| Brussels appliqué | 72 | die cutting | 94 | phantasy marbled paper | 104 |
| Brussels bobbin lace | 108 | double combed marbled paper | 29 | photochrom | 662 |
| Brussels point de gaze | 93 | double weave | 6 | photoglyphic engraving | 10 |
| Bucks point (lace) | 22 | drawing | 2,455 | photolithograph (Asser process) | 44 |
| Caen blonde | 3 | dribbled marmer | 16 | photolithography | 1,721 |
| Cluny lace | 88 | drilling | 29 | plaited-lace | 1 |
| Devon lace | 2 | drypoint | ~13,000 | point de Milan (mixed lace) | 1 |
| East European lace | 23 | embroidering | 1,701 | polish | 285 |
| Flanders lace | 26 | emery | 2 | pot lace | 17 |
| Flemish guipure lace | 19 | engine turning | 27 | printed materials | 304 |
| Flemish lace | 1 | engraving | ~141,000 | printing | ~12,000 |
| Flemish lace wit cutted threads | 1 | etching | ~192,000 | printing block | 5,305 |
| Flemish lace with plaited ground | 13 | etching needle | 14 | relief (sculpture technique) | 705 |
| Genoese pillow lace | 11 | faceting | 45 | relief printing | 819 |
| Ghent lace | 1 | fairy point | 2 | repoussé | 15 |
| Honiton lace | 7 | ferrotyping | 545 | reprographic copy | 1 |
| Lille lace | 156 | filigree | 128 | retroussage | 642 |
| Luxeuil lace | 10 | filing | 94 | rolling | 16 |
| Maltese lace | 5 | flat Venetian (needle point) | 64 | rosaline lace (bobbin lace) | 4 |
| Mechlin (lace) | 219 | forging | 884 | salted paper print | 1,888 |
| Milan lace | 6 | gelatin silver print | ~48,000 | samite | 23 |
| Milanese tape lace (mixed lace) | 6 | gild | 6,743 | sawing | 220 |
| Paris lace | 36 | glassblowing | 1,384 | scoring | 109 |
| Polaroid | 2,201 | glue | 94 | scratchboard | 8 |
| Russian lace | 20 | granulation | 37 | scrotel marbled paper | 13 |
| Russian tape lace | 6 | grinding | 475 | sculpting | 167 |
| Spanish needle lace | 2 | grounded Ventian point | 5 | sewing | 429 |
| Swedish lace | 9 | hammering | 47 | shell marbled paper | 61 |
| Tenerife lace | 11 | handwriting | 447 | slide | 2,131 |
| Valenciennes lace | 285 | hectograph | 6 | smokepicture | 1 |
| Valenciennes of Ghent | 2 | ikat | 13 | snail marbled paper | 100 |
| Venetian gros point (heavy raised Venetian lace) | 17 | inkjet print | 899 | snipping | 1,067 |
| Venetian needlepoint | 21 | inlay (process) | 179 | snowflake filling | 16 |
| Venetian raised work | 71 | iridescence | 14 | soldering | 187 |
| Venetian rose point | 39 | ivory point | 1 | spanish marbled paper | 73 |
| Venetian tape lace (mixed lace) | 16 | jacquard | 64 | spider (bobbin lace) | 2 |
| Wijdenes lace | 1 | kallitype | 4 | stapling | 181 |
| Woodburygravure | 57 | kesi | 3 | steel engraving | 4,606 |
| agate marbled paper | 99 | knitting | 538 | stone marbled paper | 78 |
| albumen print | ~67,000 | lacquering | 729 | striking (metalworking) | ~14,000 |
| albumen silver slide on glass | 20 | lampas | 77 | sulphur print | 3 |
| ambrotype | 323 | large snowflake ground with ring | 9 | suminagashi | 1 |
| ball-point pen | 219 | letterpress printing | ~40,000 | sun lace | 9 |
| basting | 56 | lift-ground etching | 9 | sun spot marbled paper | 10 |
| bending | 34 | linocut | 1,520 | tally (or jewel) | 8 |
| block printing (relief printing process) | 942 | litho etching | 18 | tape lace (bobbin lace) | 44 |
| blonde (lace) | 38 | lithographic engraving | 16 | tape lace (mixed lace) | 42 |
| blow molding | 68 | maiolica | 1,072 | tapestry | 281 |
| bobbin lace | 1,809 | marbled paper | 135 | torchon lace | 48 |
| bouquet marbled paper | 6 | matelassé | 1 | tree root marbled paper | 9 |
| braiding | 161 | melting | 2 | twill | 176 |
| bromoil process | 21 | metal cut | 23 | veined marbled paper | 45 |
| bromoil transfer print | 18 | mixed Brussels | 47 | velvet (fabric weave) | 30 |
| bronze varnish printing | 2 | mixed lace | 133 | vitrification | 7,062 |
| brush | ~36,000 | moiré marbled paper | 17 | wash | 21 |
| calligraphy | 446 | monochrome paper | 2 | welding | 48 |
| carbon print | 1,329 | mosaic | 6 | wet collodion negative | 214 |
| carborundum prints | 2 | napping | 10 | wood engraving | 9,877 |
| casting | 3,707 | needle lace ground | 7 | woodcarving (process) | 32 |
| chevron marbled paper | 4 | niello (technique) | 36 | writing (processes) | ~22,000 |
| chintz | 77 | nishiki-e | 376 | | |
| ciselé velvet | 41 | oil transfer print | 5 | | |
