Wood-carving
From Library of Congress Subject Headings
Wood-carving
- Here are entered works on carved, cut, or gouged wood having both a decorative and functional purpose. Works on art works made by carving or assembling components of wood and created primarily for their aesthetic value are entered under [Wood sculpture.]
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85147809
- info:lc/authorities/sh85147809
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85147809#concept
Instance Of
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Variants
- Whittling
- Wood-carving, Primitive
- Wood carvings
- Wood craft
- Woodcarving
- Woodcraft
Broader Terms
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Related Terms
Earlier Established Forms
- Wood-carving, Primitive
Sources
- found: Random House (woodcarving)
- found: Grove dict. art: v. 33, p. 333 (Wood, Techniques: Carving. Besides the knife, the basic tools of woodcarving--the technique of cutting ornament and sculpture in wood--are those used by any woodworker.) index (wood-carvings)
- found: AAT (woodcarving--use for the art of fashioning or ornamenting objects of wood by cutting with a sharp implement)
- found: Art index: v. 43 (hdgs: Wood carving, African, etc.)
- found: LC database, July 20, 2000 (woodcraft; wood craft)
- found: Thesaurus for graphic materials, via WWW, Nov. 8, 2011 (Wood carving. Scope note: Fashioning or ornamenting objects of wood by cutting with a sharp implement held in the hand. BT Carving. RT Wood carvings; Woodworking)
LC Classification
- TT199.7-TT199.75
General Notes
- Here are entered works on carved, cut, or gouged wood having both a decorative and functional purpose. Works on art works made by carving or assembling components of wood and created primarily for their aesthetic value are entered under [Wood sculpture.]
Example Notes
- Note under [Wood sculpture]
Change Notes
- 2000-07-20: new
- 2012-01-10: revised
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