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Definition of niello in English: niellonoun nɪˈɛləʊniˈɛloʊ mass noun1A black compound of sulphur with silver, lead, or copper, used for filling in engraved designs in silver or other metals. Example sentencesExamples - The object is then heated at a low temperature causing the niello to fuse, become viscous, and finally cement itself permanently to the metal.
- Along with enameling, decorating watches with niello was a common practice in the nineteenth century.
- It consists of a series of wide and narrow bands of rinceaux, arabesques, and garlands in niello and filigree, with one lower section including an arcade with figures.
- Taking advantage of the relative ease of inlaying with niello, casemakers used it to create a variety of decorative motifs such as plants, figures, and geometric patterns.
- 1.1 Objects decorated with niello.
on the Continent niello was always highly desirable
Derivatives adjective The nib is chased, nielloed and engraved with scrolls while the blade on the opposite side has a niello decoration with the word KAVKAZ in Cyrillic letters. Example sentencesExamples - The ornamentation of such objects was similar to that of the nielloed gold and silver ladles and cups produced at the Kremlin Armoury in the 16th to early 17th centuries.
- To encounter a nielloed article of such an early date would indeed be a discovery of importance, since, so far as we are aware, no one has proved the use of niello as a means of decoration before the second century A.D..
- The other series is decorated in a finer scrolling pattern against a black nielloed ground.
- The upper level comprises the numerals and dividing circles which are polished and nielloed.
Origin Early 19th century: from Italian, from Latin nigellus, diminutive of niger 'black'. Rhymes Bargello, bellow, bordello, cello, Donatello, fellow, jello, martello, mellow, morello, Novello, Pirandello, Portobello, Punchinello, Uccello, violoncello, yellow Definition of niello in US English: niellonounnēˈelōniˈɛloʊ 1A black compound of sulfur with silver, lead, or copper, used for filling in engraved designs in silver or other metals. Example sentencesExamples - Along with enameling, decorating watches with niello was a common practice in the nineteenth century.
- Taking advantage of the relative ease of inlaying with niello, casemakers used it to create a variety of decorative motifs such as plants, figures, and geometric patterns.
- It consists of a series of wide and narrow bands of rinceaux, arabesques, and garlands in niello and filigree, with one lower section including an arcade with figures.
- The object is then heated at a low temperature causing the niello to fuse, become viscous, and finally cement itself permanently to the metal.
- 1.1 Objects decorated with niello.
on the Continent niello was always highly desirable
Origin Early 19th century: from Italian, from Latin nigellus, diminutive of niger ‘black’. |