Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)
4. Information Forms (hierarchy name)
5. information forms (objects)
6. document genres
7. [documents by function]
8. [identifying markings and symbols]
9. marks (identifying markings)
10. [marks by location or context]
11. watermarks

Anotations

Scope note:

Refers to watermarks that are translucent and thus lighter than the surrounding area on the sheet. Its effect is the result of a wire design laid over and sewn onto the sheet mold wire (for handmade paper) or attached to the dandy roll (for machine-made paper). The design presses against the surface of the paper and displaces fibers to make the watermark. It is a more common type of watermark.