sgraffito definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a ceramic ... Etymology: Italian, from past participle of sgraffire to scratch, produce sgraffito Date: circa 1730 1. decoration by cutting away parts of ... graffito 2. something (as traditional Pennsylvania Dutch pottery) decorated with sgraffito Oxford Reference Dictionary n. (pl. sgraffiti) a form of decoration ... f. s- = EX-(1) + graffio scratch Webster's 1913 Dictionary Sgraffito Sgraf*fi"to, a. [It.] (Paint.) Scratched; -- said of decorative ...
... body color, but later evolved into decorative techniques such as sgraffito, carving, painting, trailing, marbling, and inlay. In sgraffito a pattern is incised through the slip to reveal the ...