traction crackle

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Scope note
A pattern of crackle in paintings produced by shrinkage in a rapidly drying upper layer over a slow drying lower layer, characterized by a complex branching in which apertures are abnormally wide and disfiguring.
traction crackle
Accepted term: 18-Nov-2024