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repoussé: a standalone construct

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● anchor · a single metalworking construct Nearest construct by meaning·not indexed
repoussé1 CONSTRUCTRepousséMOOREY · RELIEF, REAR

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Metalworking

Relief raised by working sheet from the back

Repoussé is a metalworking technique in which a design in relief is raised on thin sheet metal by hammering and pushing it out from the reverse side, usually with the sheet supported on a yielding bed such as pitch so the metal can stretch without tearing. It is the complement of chasing, where detail is refined by working the front, and the two are typically used together to model a figure or ornament. Moorey's 1988 The technique of gold-figure decoration on Achaemenid silver vessels and its antecedents in Iranica Antiqua examines how ancient smiths raised and detailed such relief. The referent is a decorative relief formed by deforming sheet from behind, judged by the depth and crispness of the modelling and the absence of cracking.[1]

Unit
The relief raised in a metal sheet by working it from the reverse
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Measured by
Studied by examining relief depth, tool marks, and sheet thinning under magnification and metallography

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References

  1. Moorey, P. R. S. (1988). The technique of gold-figure decoration on Achaemenid silver vessels and its antecedents. Iranica Antiqua, 23, 231–251. https://doi.org/10.2143/ia.23.0.2014056

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