piqué work

piqué work

      decorative technique, usually employed on tortoiseshell, in which inlaid designs are created by means of small gold or silver pins. The art reached its highest point in 17th- and 18th-century France, particularly for the decoration of small tortoiseshell articles such as combs, patch boxes, and snuffboxes. By an adroit arrangement of the gold and silver pins, by placing them in small or large clusters, effects of light and shade could be created in the design. In the finest French work, the pins are placed so close to each other and with such accuracy that they appear to form a continuous line. Decorative motifs include chinoiserie scenes, geometric designs, and arabesques. In England, where the craft had been brought by the Huguenots at the end of the 17th century, Matthew Boulton (Boulton, Matthew) in 1770 developed mechanical methods of producing piqué panels. Many of his designs show the influence of the Neoclassical designer Robert Adam. During the 19th century, piqué was widely employed for small tortoiseshell jewelry, much of it after 1872 being made by machine in Birmingham, Eng.

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • piqué work — noun 1. Inlaying in piqué 2. Needlework with a raised design made by stitching • • • Main Entry: ↑piqué …   Useful english dictionary

  • Pique (disambiguation) — Pique is a weaving style, as in pique cotton .Pique may also refer to:* Pique, the 1986 FIFA World Cup mascot * Gerard Piqué (born 1987), Spanish footballer * Pique River, a river in Haute Garonne, France * Pique macho, a Bolivian variety of food …   Wikipedia

  • pique — [n] anger, irritation annoyance, blowup*, conniption*, dander*, displeasure, flare up, grudge, huff, hurt, irk, miff*, offense, peeve, pet*, provocation, resentment, rise, ruckus*, slow burn*, snit, sore*, stew*, storm*, tiff*, umbrage, vexation; …   New thesaurus

  • pique — I verb affront, agitate, anger, annoy, arouse resentment, bait, bedevil, beset, bother, bully, bullyrag, cause resentment, discompose, disgust, dismay, displease, disquiet, distemper, disturb, enrage, exasperate, fret, gall, give offense, give… …   Law dictionary

  • work up — index churn, compose, foment, frame (formulate), perturb, pique, provoke, scheme …   Law dictionary

  • piqué — /ˈpikeɪ/ (say peekay) noun 1. a fabric, having a corded or similar texture. 2. fine inlaid work of gold, silver, etc., especially in points, on tortoiseshell or ivory. –adjective 3. (of glove seams and gloves) stitched through lapping edges.… …  

  • work up — Synonyms and related words: Pap test, aggravate, agitate, anatomic diagnosis, annoy, arouse, arrange, awake, awaken, beat, beat up, biological diagnosis, biopsy, blow the coals, blow up, breed, bristle, calculate, call forth, call up, cast, cause …   Moby Thesaurus

  • pique — Synonyms and related words: affect the interest, aggravate, agitate, angry look, animate, annoy, annoyance, arouse, attract, awaken, badger, bait, be at, bedevil, beset, blow the coals, bother, bristle, brown off, bug, bullyrag, burn up, chafe,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • pique — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. sting, cut, nettle, irritate, vex, offend; prick, jab; intrigue, stimulate, arouse interest. See excitement. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. umbrage, resentment, offense; see anger , annoyance 1 , offense …   English dictionary for students

  • work up — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. elaborate upon, refine, enhance; see develop 1 , 4 , improve 4 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To stir to action or feeling: egg on, excite, foment, galvanize, goad, impel, incite, inflame, inspire, instigate, motivate,… …   English dictionary for students

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”