Chasing, filligree, and damascene, oh my! Saturday W26Y5

Here's an interesting medium/category I haven't had much of on this blog--metalwork. I wasn't sure what to call it, but fortunately a little research turned up some terminology. The generic term for working metal in this way is embossing--created a raised surface. We learned several years ago that gargoyles or grotesques are a kind of boss or decoration. Here's the dictionary definition of various related…

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