Ivorytype

I´vo`ry`type`


n.1.(Photog.) A picture produced by superposing a very light print, rendered translucent by varnish, and tinted upon the back, upon a stronger print, so as to give the effect of a photograph in natural colors; - called also hellenotype.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.