Italians still call 'niello' work, or the enamelling of designs upon precious metals. From Wordnik.com. [Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 2 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome] Reference
Francia was a very skilful workman in niello, and in enamels. From Wordnik.com. [Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance] Reference
Cast and engraved bronze, partly inlaid with niello, 44.3 cm. From Wordnik.com. [Cosmophilia: Islamic Art from the David Collection, Copenhagen] Reference
Sometimes the engraving is filled with lac, after the manner of niello-work. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878.] Reference
A couple of sensor spots and a niello of letters and numbers were its only distinctions. From Wordnik.com. [A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows]
His fingers continued to rub at the pattern on the sheath, black niello inlay on silver plating. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of the Isles] Reference
To polish the niello, he directs us to "pumice it with a damp stone, until it is made everywhere bright.". From Wordnik.com. [Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance] Reference
Egyptian figures or hieroglyphics engraved or sunk, the outlines being filled with silvering, forming a kind of niello. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
The Fuller Brooch is a large disc made of hammered sheet silver inlaid with black niello and with a diameter of 11.4 cm. From Wordnik.com. [The Fuller Brooch - not a manuscript] Reference
There are various accounts of how Finiguerra, who was a worker in niello in Florence, discovered by its means the art of steel engraving. From Wordnik.com. [Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance] Reference
The tall silver-clad woman, flanked by two male attendants in silver niello half-armor, came out and stood at the right side of the stage. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Torc]
For niello, and printing, a transverse cut was substituted for the blow. From Wordnik.com. [Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving] Reference
The ground between the ornament has been cut down, probably for the insertion of niello or enamel colours. From Wordnik.com. [Rambles of an Archaeologist Among Old Books and in Old Places Being Papers on Art, in Relation to Archaeology, Painting, Art-Decoration, and Art-Manufacture] Reference
Most of the ornaments are richly gilt, interspersed with others of silver and niello, and bosses of coloured enamels. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy] Reference
Pollajuolo, like so many Florentine artists, was a goldsmith, a painter, and a worker in niello, before he took to sculpture. From Wordnik.com. [Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts] Reference
The Duomo of Pistoia contains several examples of niello-work and two silver statues of prophets said to be the earliest works of. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux] Reference
That niello was not unknown to the "barbarian" nations is proved by the chalice in Kremsmünster, a present of Tassilo, Duke of Bavaria. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman] Reference
To the last, his paintings are partly treated as work in niello; and he names himself, in perpetual gratitude, from this first artisan master. From Wordnik.com. [Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving] Reference
It will perhaps be well briefly to describe these plates, the engraving of which was apparently iieightened by niello, of which traces remain. From Wordnik.com. [Archaeologia, or, Miscellaneous tracts relating to antiquity [microform]] Reference
The century-old Pueblo Bowl, for example, takes the form of a Pueblo water basket and is inlaid with niello and copper tiffany & co jewelrystripes. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference
The keen, well-tempered blade was beautifully engraved and inlaid with niello-work, representing a group of figures in a then popular subject -- the dance of Death. From Wordnik.com. [Men of Iron] Reference
He also wrought in niello, and executed several figures which were highly commended, particularly two figures of Prophets, for an altar in the Cathedral of Pistoja. From Wordnik.com. [Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3)] Reference
Cicognara became an enthusiast for niello, and wrote a memoir which has since remained a classic (Memorie spettanti alla storia della calcognafia, Prato, 1831, with atlas). From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux] Reference
Such cutting, filled in with color or with black, branches into all sorts of developments, -- Florentine mosaic on the one hand, niello on the other, and infinite minor arts. From Wordnik.com. [Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving] Reference
Next season the star of ceramics and bric-a - brac was in the ascendant, and I ran the gamut of Satsuma, Kyoto, de la Robbia, Limoge and Gubbio; of niello, and millchori glass, of. From Wordnik.com. [At the Mercy of Tiberius] Reference
And so gold lacquer, and pearl inlaying, and gold niello-work, and daimiyo’s crests in gold, continue to gleam in the smoky darkness of their huts. From Wordnik.com. [Unbeaten Tracks in Japan] Reference
This was probably a kind of niello. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman] Reference
"niello" probably is an abbreviation of the Italian word "nigellus". From Wordnik.com. [Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance] Reference
Knee breeches, sun flowers, niello, cretonne, Nanking bowls, lily dados?. From Wordnik.com. [At the Mercy of Tiberius] Reference
Watered steel, wood, gold, emeralds, rubies, sapphires, nephrite; forging, carving, niello, encrustation, gold inlay. From Wordnik.com. [From the Treasure Trove of the Czars] Reference
The Moscow Kremlin Museums Tabernacle Russia, early 18th century Gold, silver, precious gems, stones, river pearls; chasing, casting, enamel, niello carving. From Wordnik.com. [From the Treasure Trove of the Czars] Reference
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