A design drawn on strong paper, to be afterwards chalked through, and transferred on the fresh plaster of a wall, to be painted in fresco. It is also used for a design coloured for working mosaic tapestry, carpets, etc. The word is from the Italian, cartoni, large paper, denoting many sheets of paper pasted on canvass, on which large designs are made, whether coloured or with chalks only. The most celebrated performances of this kind are those by Raphael.