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OPENWORK [2 records]

Record 1 2000-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Baskets and Basketmaking
  • Various Decorative Arts

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vannerie
  • Arts décoratifs divers
DEF

Se dit d'un objet, d'un ornement percés de nombreux vides (ou ajourés).

Spanish

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Record 2 1987-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Goldsmithing and Silversmithing
  • Various Decorative Arts
DEF

Work so constructed or manufactured as to show openings through its substance: work that is perforated or pierced.

CONT

In the eighteenth century openwork was often combined with engraving and cost work ... Such work is generally called ajouré, but can also be described as pierced. Another technique that gives an openwork effect is filigree.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Orfèvrerie et argenterie
  • Arts décoratifs divers
CONT

Opus interassile : Ciselage du métal à l'aide d'un burin qui forme à lui seul le décor ajouré d'une pièce (...)

Spanish

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