sellerine

14:30 Oct 2, 2023
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Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / a condition report for a painting written by an art restorer
Italian term or phrase: sellerine
This is a condition report about a painting that may be sent out on loan and therefore has to travel. Sellerine are either small nails, tacks, brads, (?) used to secure a canvas to its wooden frame. The period of the painting is '50s to mid 60s.

Context sentence: La tela è fissata al telaio nella sua posizione originale tramite sellerine.


https://montaninobiliardi.it/sellerine-la-mondiale-due-leoni...
Janice Giffin
Italy
Local time: 15:12


Summary of answers provided
4 +1upholstery tacks
Heba Abed
3upholstery pins
Josephine Cassar


Discussion entries: 3





  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
upholstery tacks


Explanation:
upholstery tacks

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Note added at 1 hr (2023-10-02 16:26:00 GMT)
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https://context.reverso.net/translation/english-italian/upho...

Heba Abed
Egypt
Local time: 16:12
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  liz askew
23 mins
  -> Many thanks, Liz
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17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
upholstery pins


Explanation:
Your pic shows these too: https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_nkw=upholstery pins&norov... and there are a lot of references to upholstery pins on Google. I think tacks are longer than pins

Josephine Cassar
Malta
Local time: 15:12
Meets criteria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in MalteseMaltese
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  liz askew: did you actually look at the asker's https site?
2 hrs
  -> Yes I did and this is the difference and what I was referring to:https://www.askdifference.com/tack-vs-pin/ and https://uk.search.yahoo.com/search?fr=mcafee&type=E210GB662G... and this explains further
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