单词 | repoussé |
释义 | repousséadj.n. A. adj. Of metalwork: done or produced by hammering the reverse side in order to create an ornamental relief; (of a metal sheet or object) ornamented with such a relief. Cf. chased adj.2 ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > artistic work in metal > [adjective] > repoussé punched1415 pounced1420 repoussé1851 1851 London Jrnl. Arts, Sci., & Manuf. 39 228 In the French department..numerous specimens of repoussé work may be seen. 1862 Internat. Exhib.: Illustr. Catal. Industr. Dept. II. xxxiii. 5 (caption) Stem and base of silver repoussé table. 1938 Amer. Home Oct. 54/3 Much ornamented or repoussé silver is oxidized. 1951 N. Pevsner Middlesex (Buildings of Eng.) 23 A flagon, chalice, and patens, all richly repoussé and ornamented. 2002 Art Q. Autumn 30/1 Brass and copper repoussé work and the illustration of books he tackles with similar avidity. B. n. The process or craft of creating repoussé work; metalwork done or produced in this manner. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > artistic work in metal > [noun] > repousséwork snarling1688 repoussé1851 sphyrelaton1855 1851 Morning Chron. 5 Aug. 5/3 A vase, in silver, gilt and oxidised, surrounded with a bas-relief (en repoussé) representing a wild boar hunt.] 1851 Daily News 30 Aug. 8/4 Ornamental Metal-work, including a description of the processes known as Repoussé and Niello. 1858 Queen Victoria Let. 1 Apr. in Dearest Child (1964) 83 A vase by Veité—silver repoussé, really very fine. 1883 ‘C. E. Craddock’ in Atlantic Monthly May 668/1 The vague outlines of the distant ranges..might have seemed a stupendous alto-rilievo in silver repoussé. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 484/1 The crustae, or plaques decorated in repoussé, which were mounted on smooth silver cups. 1966 M. M. Pegler Dict. Interior Design 307 Nulling, a Jacobean wood-carving technique which produced an effect similar to repoussé or chased metalwork. 1998 Jewellery News Asia (Nexis) 1 Dec. De Vroomen specializes in the ancient goldsmith's craft of repoussé—beating designs and textures from a sheet of gold against a pitch block. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.1851 |
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