DECORATIVE TECHNIQUE - Humanities
- Field label
- DECORATIVE TECHNIQUE
- Field mnemonic
- DT
- Field name
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- Decorative Technique
- Technique décorative
- Field definition
- This field indicates the process used to apply a non-functional decoration to the object.
- Heading
- DESCRIPTIVE FIELDS
- Comments
- NOTE: This field has NOT been updated as part of the May 2010 Data Dictionary update. Priority for the Data Dictionary update was given to those fields that are required or strongly recommended for Artefacts Canada contribution. The Entry Rules for this field will be updated at a later date. This field was added to Artefacts Canada in 2009 as a result of a recommendation by the CHIN Standards Working Groups.
- Entry rules
- Enter user defined keywords to describe the method of application of embellishments. Attributed data should be followed by space "?". A semicolon and a space should separate multiple entries.
- Cataloguers rules
- Refer to CHIN documentation research papers on material and technique for further clarification. See also, Technique (MT), other Decorative Motif fields with mnemonics prefixed by 'DM', and Pattern Name (PTN).
- Data type
- alpha-numeric string
- Examples
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- stamping
- appliqué
- embroidery ?
- appliqué
- brodé
- perlé
- émaillé
- contre-émaillé ?
- Discipline
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- Multidiscipline
- Field label (French)
- TECHNIQUE DECORATIVE
- Field mnemonic (French)
- TDEC
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