 Damascening is the art of encrusting one metal on another, not in crustre, which are soldered on, or wedged into the metal surface to which they are applied, but in the form of wire, which by under-cutting and hammering is thoroughly incorporated with...  The Reliquary - Página 1201881Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | sir George Christopher M. Birdwood - 1878 - 190 páginas
...attractive. DAMASCENED Woiuc. Damascening is the art- of encrusting one metal in another, not in crusta, which are soldered on or wedged into the metal surface...incorporated with the metal which it is intended to ornament. Practically, damascening is limited to encrusting gold wire, and sometimes silver, on the surface of... | |
 | George Christopher Molesworth Birdwood - 1880 - 318 páginas
...NIPAL. DAMASCENED WORK. DAMASCENING is the art of encrusting one metal on another, not in crusttz, which are soldered on or wedged into- the metal surface...incorporated with the metal which it is intended to ornament. Practically, damascening is limited to encrusting gold wire, and sometimes silver wire, on the surface... | |
 | John William Mollett - 1883 - 370 páginas
...supposed to have been of gold, equal in value to a \a\i-statcr. Fig. 236. Ecclesiastical Dalmatic. but in the form of wire, which by undercutting and...hammering is thoroughly incorporated with the metal it is intended to ornament. (See DAMASK, DAMASCUS BLADES.) The process of etching slight ornaments... | |
 | Trailokyanātha Mukhopādhyāẏa - 1888 - 470 páginas
...George Birdwood describes " Damascening as the art of encrusting one metal on another, not in crustse, which are soldered on or wedged into the metal surface...undercutting and hammering, is thoroughly incorporated into the metal which it is intended to ornament. Practically, damascening is limited to encrusting... | |
 | Esther Singleton - 1926 - 372 páginas
...Sir George Birdwood says: "Damascening is the art of encrusting one metal on another, not in crustre, which are soldered on, or wedged into the metal surface...incorporated with the metal which it is intended to ornament. Practically damascening is limited to encrusting gold wire and sometimes silver wire on the surface... | |
 | 1881 - 354 páginas
...early goldsmiths. The process is literally that of "encrusting one metal on another, not in cnistce, which are soldered on, or wedged into, the metal surface...Punjab, and in the Nizam's dominions, it is called Kv/t work. Another good example is the shield at the top of plate xiii., and on the same plate is a... | |
 | 1924 - 372 páginas
...produced. Damascening is the art of encrusting one metal on another, not by soldering or wedging, but by wire which, by undercutting and hammering, is thoroughly...incorporated with the metal which it is intended to ornament. The system is peculiarly Oriental, and flourished in perfection at Damascus. It is the highest art,... | |
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