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Oct 2, 2023 14:30
7 mos ago
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Italian term
Italy
Accuracy, reliability and timeliness
Native in: English 
Works in: Italian to English, Spanish to English
sellerine
Italian to English
Other
Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
a condition report for a painting written by an art restorer
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...
Context sentence: La tela è fissata al telaio nella sua posizione originale tramite sellerine.
https://montaninobiliardi.it/sellerine-la-mondiale-due-leoni...
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | upholstery tacks |
Heba Abed
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| 3 | upholstery pins |
Josephine Cassar
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Proposed translations
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upholstery tacks
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...
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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...
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Josephine Cassar
Malta
Malta
Native in English
Specializes in field
Malta
12 yrs. experience translating EU stuff
Native in: English (Variants: British, UK) 
, Maltese
Works in: English to Maltese, Italian to Maltese, French to Maltese, and 3 more.
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upholstery pins
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
Peer comment(s):
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liz askew
: did you actually look at the asker's https site?
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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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Discussion
BTW, I didn't realize I had excluded anybody when submitting - my finger must have slipped on the keyboard. Sorry.
http://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=570043172&q=sellerine&t...
So you could just say tacked.