blind-embossing

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blind-embossing
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Pressing an engraved metal plate or block into a paper, which can be either plain, or already decorated with colours or entirely covered with metal either in the form of leaves or powdered, in order to produce raised or recessed designs (i.e. the colour or foil is not transferred by the embossing process).
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