The method of working is simple, entailing manipulation from the face of the metal only, and the detail is left in slight relief by the ground being set back in the texturing. This treatment is only suitable where the ornamented area is enclosed. When the design is freely displayed on a ground without enclosing lines, it should appear in relief, the result of raising from the back; and texturing should be employed only on the details in contrast to the smooth ground. As in all applied work, the economic result is slight occupation.
No. 280. Oak Box decorated with flat carving. Icelandic. 18th Century.
Metal, Cast
Cast metal is produced in sand moulds, a model or pattern being employed of which the casting is a reproduction. The
No. 281. Repoussé Work.
A. Pattern defined by tracing tool and interest imparted by different textures of ground.