Plumb joint, in sheet-metal work, a lap joint, fastened by solder.
Anything so constructed or manufactured (in needlework, carpentry, metal work, etc.
A dull, lusterless surface in certain of the arts, as gilding, metal work, glassmaking, etc.
After one has once studied the subject of historic carving, metal work, embroidery, tapestry, or illumination, one can never fail to look upon these things with intelligent interest and vastly increased pleasure.
In the Bible there are constant references to such arts in metal workas prevail in our own times: "Of beaten work made he the candlesticks," Exodus.
The same idea was worked out synchronously in metal work, and in illuminated books.
Ebony has always been greatly liked for small or elaborate caskets or cabinets, its extreme closeness of grain and hardness enabling the carver to bring up the smallest details with all the sharpness of metal work.
St. Patrick's arrival, and being a skilful artisan in metal work, he made chalices and patens for the use of the new churches founded by St. Patrick.
The main variations consist in the different systems employed in metal work, by which the work differs according to the proceedings adopted, of repoussé or chiselling, filigree, niellos or enamels.
The art of embroidery was imported by Italians and Germans early in the 16th century, in the same manner as wood carving, metal work, and other industries.
In metal work as in architecture, a large number of instances exist in Spain in which the Christian and Moorish styles are blended--as an example of this style may be mentioned the fine bronze gates of the cathedral of Toledo.
The pattern is twelfth century "metal work," embroidered in gold.
She says the term "broiderie" was reserved for the delicate works on fine grounds, in silk and gold and silver thread, and enrichments in metal work.
You can readily see that the beauty of metal work depends as much upon the finish as upon the design.
But during the many centuries the art of metal work, as exemplified in sword manufacture and the ornamentation of the sword and the various accessories of it, existed in Japan it reached a magnificent height of perfection.
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