The industrial arts of Scandinavia in the pagan time (1883)
Hildebrand, Hans, 1842-1913 · [London] Pub. for the Committee of Council on Education by Chapman & Hall · leaf 152
y fine. I have already spoken of the skillrevealed in these works—very simple, it is true, but neverthelesseasily damaged by an unskilful hand. Repousse work in silver and gold is not at all rare. Aperfectly even surface soon became monotonous in objectsintended to be brilliant, or rich in effects… … Fig. 116. — Mould for making refousse work. Gi tland. be lost in the mass. To avoid this, no better plan could beadopted than to accentuate by repousse work some of theprincipal features. There are two ways in which this work may be executed.One of them was by pressing a thin plate of gold or…
Decorative arts · Art metal-work
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