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Etude sur les émaux anciens

Ris-Paquot, b. 1835 · 1881 · Paris : R. Simon · 8 pictures

A study of historic enamelwork by Ris-Paquot, published in Paris by R. Simon in 1881 for collectors, dealers and decorative artists. Colour plates reproduce champlevé and painted enamel objects: gilt reliquary caskets with dove and scroll medallions, a haloed female figure on patterned gold ground, and an oval portrait miniature, useful for metallic ornament, roundel framing and muted jewel palettes.

Enamel and enameling

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