| 单词 | cut-card |
| 释义 | > as lemmascut-card cut-card n. applied to a type of relief decoration on silverware, etc., in which a thin sheet of metal is cut ornamentally and soldered to the surface. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > artistic work in metal > [adjective] > relating to gold or silver articles > types of decoration on silver writhen1450 frost-worked1710 cut-card1920 1920 Catal. Eng. Silversmiths' Work (V. & A. Mus.) 18 Another method of decoration was that known as ‘cut-card’ work, the decoration being cut out from a separate sheet of metal. 1939 Oxoniensia 4 201 A candle-cup, of 1672, with fine ‘cut-card’ decoration. 1956 G. Taylor Silver v. 135 The Parisian goldsmiths..effected a monumental elegance..due to an admirable harmony... Perhaps the most attractive..is cut-card work, a term used to describe flat patterns of sheet metal applied to the body of the object to be decorated. 1969 R. Mayer Dict. Art Terms & Techniques 103 Cut-card work, a decorative technique in metalwork in which a design cut out of a sheet of metal is superimposed on the surface of an object of the same metal, usually around a protuberance such as a handle or a finial. Cut-card work is used almost exclusively for silver. < as lemmas |
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