Heraldry as art : an account of its development and practice, chiefly in England (1907)
Eve, George W., d. 1914 · London : B.T. Batsford ; New York : C. Scribner's sons · leaf 219
epousse decorationconsisted for the most partof the allegorical and mytho-logical subjects that were so fashionable at the period,and comparatively little heraldry was done in that way.Engraving and etching, on the other hand, were extensivelyused to decorate metal with arms and badges. In the… … Fig. 190.—Repousse Buckler in the Royal Armoury, Stockholm. 196 HERALDRY AS ART the designed form. The work is afterwards chased andfinished on the face, but the essential quality is, of course,that of being modelled into relief from behind. A verybeautiful piece of repousse work is the…
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