Niello

Word NIELLO
Character 6
Hyphenation ni el lo
Pronunciations /niˈɛləʊ/

Definitions and meanings of "Niello"

What do we mean by niello?

Any of several black metallic alloys of sulfur with copper, silver, or lead, used to fill an incised design on the surface of another metal. noun

A surface or object decorated with one of these alloys. noun

The art or process of ornamenting metal surfaces with one of these alloys. noun

To decorate or inlay with niello. transitive verb

To decorate by means of niello-work; treat with niello or by the niello process.

A design in black on a surface of silver, as that of a plaque, chalice, or any ornamental or useful object, formed by engraving the design and then filling up the incised furrows with an alloy composed of silver, copper, lead, crude sulphur, and borax, thus producing the effect of a black drawing on the bright surface. The process is of Italian origin, and is still extensively practised in Russia, where the finest niello is now produced. In many examples, conversely, the ground is cut out and inlaid with the black alloy, on which the design appears white or bright, as in the cut. noun

An impression taken from the engraved surface before the incised lines have been filled up. noun

The dark compound used for such inlays in silver, made up of different alloys of sulphur, silver, copper, etc. noun

Inlaid work of the kind defined above. noun

A metallic alloy of a deep black color. noun

The art, process, or method of decorating metal with incised designs filled with the black alloy. noun

A piece of metal, or any other object, so decorated. noun

An impression on paper taken from an ancient incised decoration or metal plate. noun

An impression on paper taken from the engraved or incised surface before the niello alloy has been inlaid. noun

Any of various black metal alloys, made of sulphur with copper, silver or lead, used to create decorative designs on other metals. noun

Any of various black metal alloys, made of sulphur with copper, silver or lead, used to create decorative designs on other metals.

An impression on paper taken from the engraved or incised surface before the niello alloy has been inlaid.

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The word "niello" in example sentences

Italians still call 'niello' work, or the enamelling of designs upon precious metals. ❋ Unknown (1881)

Cast and engraved bronze, partly inlaid with niello, 44.3 cm. ❋ JDsg (2006)

The Fuller Brooch is a large disc made of hammered sheet silver inlaid with black niello and with a diameter of 11.4 cm. ❋ Dafydd (2008)

In addition to the usual Buddhist emblems there are musical instruments, exquisitely inlaid, or enriched with niello work of gold and silver of great antiquity, and bows of singular strength, requiring two men to bend them, which are made of small pieces of horn cleverly joined. ❋ Isabella Lucy (2004)

His fingers continued to rub at the pattern on the sheath, black niello inlay on silver plating. ❋ Unknown (1997)

He could work both in the Celtic mode, those lovely patterns of strongly angled but fluid lines, and also in ways learned, so he said, from the Saxons in the south, with enamel and niello and metals finely worked as filigree. ❋ Stewart, Mary, 1916- (1983)

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. ❋ May, Julian, 1931- (1981)

A couple of sensor spots and a niello of letters and numbers were its only distinctions. ❋ Anderson, Poul, 1926- (1974)

In the thirteenth century the taste ran rather to a chaster form of decoration; the large cabochons of the Romanesque, combined with a liquid gold surface, gave place to refined ornaments in niello and delicate enamels. ❋ Julia De Wolf Gibbs Addison (N/A)

There are three kinds of inlay, one where the pattern is incised, and a plastic filling pressed in, and allowed to harden, on the principle of a niello; another, where both the piece to be set in and the background are cut out separately; and a third, where ❋ Julia De Wolf Gibbs Addison (N/A)

But when one considers the pains and labour expended upon the arts of damascening and niello, one regrets that the workers had not been inspired to attempt dentistry, and save so much unnecessary individual suffering! ❋ Julia De Wolf Gibbs Addison (N/A)

This niello paste is then made into a stick, and heated until "it glows: then with another forceps, long and thin, hold the niello and rub it all over the places which you wish to make black, until the drawing be full, and carrying it away from the fire, make it smooth with a flat file, until the silver appear." ❋ Julia De Wolf Gibbs Addison (N/A)

There are various accounts of how Finiguerra, who was a worker in niello in Florence, discovered by its means the art of steel engraving. ❋ Julia De Wolf Gibbs Addison (N/A)

Sometimes the engraving is filled with lac, after the manner of niello-work. ❋ Various (N/A)

Egyptian figures or hieroglyphics engraved or sunk, the outlines being filled with silvering, forming a kind of niello. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

"Compose the niello in this manner; take pure silver and divide it into equal parts, adding to it a third part of pure copper, and taking yellow sulphur, break it very small ... and when you have liquefied the silver with the copper, stir it evenly with charcoal, and instantly pour into it lead and sulphur." ❋ Julia De Wolf Gibbs Addison (N/A)

Finiguerra, a Florentine, had just engraved the plate for his famous niello, a Pax which is now to be seen in the Bargello, and had filled it in with the fluid enamel, which was standing waiting until it should be dry. ❋ Julia De Wolf Gibbs Addison (N/A)

To polish the niello, he directs us to "pumice it with a damp stone, until it is made everywhere bright." ❋ Julia De Wolf Gibbs Addison (N/A)

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