vellum
Example Sentences
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He employed a wide range of materials in them — wood, bronze, steel, aluminum, brass, cardboard, paper, canvas, plastic, vellum, photogravure and wallboard.
From Los Angeles Times
The scroll, which consists of 56 pages stitched together by hand and contains about 11,600 words, is the first to be printed on paper, rather than vellum, reflecting the king’s views on animal welfare.
From Seattle Times
The cupboards in the lab-like room held vellum and dyes and more exotic sounding material such as Goldbeater's skin.
From BBC
Instead the artist more often painted on the plaster of frescoes or on paper or vellum—parchment made from calfskin.
From Scientific American
“Leather will wet rot. Collagen fibers in vellum will tighten and shrink.”
From New York Times
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