repussat
English translation: repussat = embossed, worked in relief
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| Catalan to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting | |||||||
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| 4 | repussat = embossed, worked in relief |
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repussat = embossed, worked in relief Explanation: Repussar means to emboss or work in relief. I hope that fits your context. HTH Sheila -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2004-02-04 16:30:35 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I think you could probably used either \'embossed\' or \'repoussé\' here. AFA : Education : Colombian Gold and Ceramics in Antiquity (5) ... poo-say): The process of producing raised designs by pressing or hammering the design on the reverse side of the metal. A synonym for repoussé is embossed. ... www.afaweb.org/education/colombian5.asp - 18k - Còpia en memòria - Pàgines similars http://www.modernsilver.com/ruskin.htm embossed / Im\"bQst / adjective [fabric, paper] gaufré; [leather] estampé; [metal] repoussé; embossed lettering caractères mpl en relief. Oxford Superlex (English - French) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2004-02-04 16:32:10 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I forgot to add, repussat is repujado in Spanish and my Oxford Superlex gives the following definition: repujado -da adj repoussé, embossed |
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embossed Explanation: In art and crafts. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 38 mins (2004-02-04 16:47:51 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Your question, it could be repoussé as well. Slusser and Giambrone: Kuber Singh Shakya - A Master Craftsman of ... ... an accomplished work, artistically and iconographically, still in the custody of his ... 23 The enormous multipart, gilt copper **repoussé** image that ensued, more ... www.asianart.com/articles/kubersingh/ - 55k - Cached - Similar pages -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 44 mins (2004-02-04 16:53:18 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- This ref looks also useful. REPOUSSE ... See CG Leland, Repousse Work (New York, 1885); and Gaw-thorp, A Manual of Instruction in the Art of Repousse (London, 2nd ed., 1899). (MHS). ... 53.1911encyclopedia.org/R/RE/REPOUSSE.htm - 10k - Cached - Similar pages |
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