Repoussé and chasing

Repoussé metal decoration hammers the reverse of the object to create a relief. Chasing is indenting with a hammer and tools from the front side.

Basics Works of Art

Repoussé metal decoration hammers the reverse of the object to create a relief. Chasing is indenting with a hammer and tools from the front side.

Basics Works of Art

Basics to get you started

date unknown but likely late 1430s–1440s

c. 1181–1220

4th century C.E.

300–600 C.E.

1886

late 10th–first half of 11th century

c. 1660 (diadem), c. 1770 (arches)

c. 1942–46

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