champlevé

champ·le·vé

C0235300 (shäN-lə-vā′)n. A technique of decorating metal in which areas that have been hollowed out, as by incising, are filled with colored enamel and fired.

[French : champ, field (from Old French, from Latin campus); see campus + levé, raised; see levee².]

champ′le·vé′ adj.

champlevé

(ʃɑ̃lve; English ˌʃæmpləˈveɪ) adj (Ceramics) of or relating to a process of enamelling by which grooves are cut into a metal base and filled with enamel coloursn (Ceramics) an object enamelled by this process[C19: from champ field (level surface) + levé raised]

champ•le•vé

(ʃɑ̃ ləˈveɪ)

adj., n., pl. -vés (-ˈveɪ, -ˈveɪz) adj. 1. being or made by an enameling technique in which the enamel is fused onto incised or hollowed areas of a metal base. n. 2. the technique itself. [1855–60; < French, past participle of champlever to lift]

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Adj.

1.champleve - (for metals) having areas separated by metal and filled with colored enamel and firedcloisonneadorned, decorated - provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction

champlevé

(shäNləvā`), technique for the enamelenamel,
a siliceous substance fusible upon metal. It may be so compounded as to be transparent or opaque and with or without color, but it is usually employed to add decorative color. It was used to decorate jewelry in ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome.
..... Click the link for more information. decoration of metal objects. It was used by the Celts and Romans and employed by medieval metalworkers for jewelry and reliquariesreliquary
, receptacle containing the relics of saints and other sacred objects of the Christian religion. Reliquaries were often designed in shapes that reflected the nature of their contents, such as hands, shoes, buildings, and heads.
..... Click the link for more information. until the 14th cent. Champlevé is produced by hollowing out parts of a design in metal and filling in the hollows with enamel. The technique has been revived by 20th-century craft-workers.