Tagboard

Watercolor on oaktag
MFA# 26.779

Description

A thin, tough, lightweight Cardboard. Tagboard, or oaktag, is usually made from a combination of Jute and sulfate pulps. The stiff Paperboard most often has a smooth finish and manilla color. Tagboard is used for posters, file folders, stencils, and shipping tags.

Synonyms and Related Terms

tag; tag board; oaktag

Resources and Citations

• Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982

• The Dictionary of Paper, American Paper Institute, New York, Fourth Edition, 1980

• Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997

• Ralph Mayer, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)

• Boise Cascade Paper Group, The Paper Handbook, Boise Cascade, Portland OR, 1989