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e-Antique.eu Glossary: Cut-card work |
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cut-card work
Decorative technique in silverware, in which shapes and patterns are cut from a flat sheet of metal and soldered flat onto the body of an article to create a design in sharp relief. It was particularly popular on French and British silver of the late 17th and early 18th centuries. The technique was adapted to furniture by gluing a fretwork design onto a background of the same or contrasting wood as an alternative to solid carving |
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