单词 | chip carving |
释义 | chip carvingn. 1. a. A form of carving used to produce an incised or relief decoration on wood by removing small fragments from a flat surface using a small sharp knife or similar tool; decoration of this sort. Also: a similar technique of decoration used in another medium, such as pottery or stone. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > sculpture or carving > [noun] > in specific materials or methods stone-cutting1611 fretting1614 masonry1686 high relief1703 phelloplastic1802 wood-carving1847 photosculpture1861 gem-sculpture1882 chip carving1883 stone-craft1903 soft sculpture1966 earthwork1968 1883 Amateur Work, Illustr. 2 353/1 Could you..tell me where I can obtain patterns for chip-carving, or a handbook on the subject? 1927 F. B. Young Portrait of Clare 437 When she came to look more closely, there was the face of Edith Wilburn framed, not in plush, but chip-carving. 1952 Dixon (Illinois) Evening Tel. 13 Dec. 2/8 Boxes and book ends beautifully decorated with chip carving. 1981 Glasgow Archaeol. Jrnl. 8 49/2 The chip-carving on the commemorative slab closely matches that on the drain-cover. 2020 Free Press (Mankato, Minnesota) (Nexis) 13 June He usually carves on boxes and kitchen utensils. ‘I like chip carving because it's so precise’. b. A style of relief decoration on metalwork (usually produced by casting in a carved mould) which resembles incised or relief decoration on wood (see sense 1a) and is typical of the metalwork of northern and western Europe in the early medieval period. ΚΠ 1923 R. A. Smith Brit. Museum Guide to Anglo-Saxon Antiq. 9 (caption) Bronze plate with lions and ‘chip carving’. 1974 R. Jessup Anglo-Saxon Jewellery (Shire Archaeol.) v. 34 A linked set of three circular silver-gilt pins decorated with an intricate interlaced pattern in chip-carving. 2003 D. Bruns Germanic Equal Arm Brooches 4/2 The equal arm brooch style is characterised by a variety of floral and geometrical ornaments executed in chip carving. 2. Work bearing such decoration. Also: an example of this; a carving done using the technique. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > sculpture or carving > [noun] > a sculpture or carving > in specific method marblec1300 fretwork1601 high relief1816 phelloplastic1848 ivory1875 chip carving1890 1890 Nottingham Evening Post 16 Dec. 3/4 A new feature in this exhibition is a quantity of chip-carving, which is a revival of an old method of decoration in wood. 1912 Hamilton (Victoria) Spectator 6 Dec. 4/4 An attractive display of chip-carving in various modes and styles was made..by the pupils of Mrs. Doyle. 1984 R. Bütz How to Carve Wood vi. 93 The beauty of a chip carving's final appearance is created by neat cuts and crisp, clean lines. 2008 Hutchinson (Kansas) News 17 Nov. A5/2 He specializes in producing traditional chip carvings. Compounds General use as a modifier, esp. designating implements used to produce such decoration, as in chip carving knife, chip carving chisel, etc.; also designating objects decorated in this way (frequently in sense 1b), as in chip carving buckle, chip carving jewellery, etc. ΚΠ 1896 S. Austral. Reg. (Adelaide) 21 Feb. 5/3 Chip-carving knives. 1932 Grenfell (New S. Wales) Rec. 30 June Found. Set chip carving chisels and wooden mallet. 1935 Discovery Nov. 337 Examples of Kentish chip-carving jewellery of the Anglo-Saxon period. 1952 Brit. Museum Q. 15 75 A fine chip-carving buckle..found in Kent. 1981 V. I. Evison in V. I. Evison Angles, Saxons & Jutes 137 The geometric types, i.e. spirals, floriate cross, and star..are related to the chip-carving patterns on buckles. 2001 New Castle (Pa.) News 24 Apr. 14/6 Some of his offerings are chip carvings, which require six special chip carving tools to gouge of pieces. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1883 |
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