| 1. | Sculptural Snow Lions are often in repousse metal that has been gilt and painted.
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| 2. | Repousse : another term for decorative embossing.
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| 3. | The English equivalent of Kirk's " Repousse " is " pushed out ."
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| 4. | At auctions today antique " Repousse " fetches prices far higher than most other silver patterns.
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| 5. | This process is typically repeated many times during the creation of a chasing / repousse work.
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| 6. | Late Victorian pieces tended toward floral and were more ornate, with heavy engraving and " repousse ."
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| 7. | Such a design created from underneath is literally " pushed out " or " Repousse " as Kirk more charmingly stated.
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| 8. | The gold discs are decorated with repousse ornament and were attached to clothing by a thread through the small holes ..
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| 9. | A repousse copper frieze depicting ships and galleons made around 1900 by James Smithies of Manchester, was added to the dining room.
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| 10. | In 1674, he built a Shikara-style Shiva temple with a gilded repousse mask of the God on each side in Bhaktapu.
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