Hello,
>From France, just a littlemore precise translation :
-bain de virage = toning bath
- bain d'or = virage à l'or = gold toning
-bain de platine = platinum bath
Hope it helps
Jean
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De : Judy Seigel[SMTP:jseigel@panix.com]
Date d'envoi : lundi 20 décembre 1999 21:28
A : Alt-photo-process
Cc : jribeiro@greco.com.br
Objet : bain de virage/ was Mordancage: a question
On Mon, 20 Dec 1999, Hamish Stewart wrote:
> I suspect that you are right - a direct translation of virages is
> bending, so I suspect that this refers to the changing of the properties
> of the original print. As in the text the two processes are related this
> would seem to make sense.
The Dictionnaire Synonymique of 1895 lists together "bain de virage",
"bain d'or", and "bain de platine" with the English translation "toning
bath."
Judy
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