The act or art of beautifying iron or steel, by engraving and inlaying it with gold or silver wire. This art partakes of the mosaic, of engraving, and of carving. Like the mosaic, it has inlaid work; like engraving, it cuts the metal into figures; and as in chasing, gold and silver is wrought in relievo.
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Engraving and adorning with gold or silver wire inlaid.
Damaskeening
Encyclopedia Britannica
DAMASKEENING, or Damascening, is the art of incrusting wire of gold (and sometimes of silver) on the surface of iron, steel, or bronze. The surface upon which the pattern is to be traced is finely undercut with a sharp instrument, and the gold thread by hammering is forced into and securely held by the minute furrows of the cut surface. This system of ornamentation is peculiarly Oriental, having been much practised by the early goldsmiths of Damascus. It is still eminently characteristic of Persian metal work.
9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 6, p. 793
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