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damascening
damascening or damaskeening, the art of decorating iron, steel, or bronze with inlaid threads of gold or silver, or producing a watered effect in forging, as in sword blades, gun barrels, and various metal objects. The method, long practiced in the Middle East as well as in China and Japan, was highly developed in Italy. The inlay forms a delicate and intricate pattern upon the contrasting background. The whole fabric is penetrated by the ornamental treatment, so that grinding does not remove it.
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damascening
Jan 01, 2001; damascening The original definition applies to the process of giving a watered pattern to steel, mainly sword blades. The...
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Damascene
Jan 01, 1988; Webster's NewWorld Dictionary 01-01-1988 Dam|a|scene (dam' sen, dam| sen) adj. 1. of Damascus, its people, etc. 2. [d-] of...
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Three notes on swords in Beowulf.(Notes)(Critical Essay)
Sep 22, 2003; 'Beowulf', line 1459, 'ecg waes iren, atertanum fah' On this description of the sword Hrunting Klaeber comments, 'ater is perhaps...
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inlaid work
Jan 01, 2000; inlaid work. Decoration made by inserting one material within an incision, indent , or depression cut into another material to...
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`Arms and Art' embraces the beauty of firearms
Apr 01, 1988; The art of Raymond J. Weilgus, on display at the Art Institute of Chicago, is unlike any I've seen before and although his...
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