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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
  
A very thin, flexible sheet of metal.  Foil is heavier than metal leaf but thinner than sheet metal.  Foil, such as aluminum foil, is self supporting but can be wrapped and pressed to conform to another object.  Foil paper is paper laminated with a thin film of metal on one side.
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A very thin, flexible sheet of [[metal]].  Foil is heavier than [[metal leaf]] but thinner than [[sheet metal]].  Foil, such as [[aluminum foil]], is self supporting but can be wrapped and pressed to conform to another object.  Foil paper is paper laminated with a thin film of metal on one side.
 
 
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File:Image3_802402.jpg|'''MFA Acc. #:''' 2002.162
 
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[[Category:Materials database]]
 
[[Category:Materials database]]

Latest revision as of 08:21, 11 June 2020

Tinseled Flowers
MFA Acc. #:
1990.413

Description

A very thin, flexible sheet of Metal. Foil is heavier than Metal leaf but thinner than Sheet metal. Foil, such as Aluminum foil, is self supporting but can be wrapped and pressed to conform to another object. Foil paper is paper laminated with a thin film of metal on one side.