Decorative arts

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Faux painting

Faux painting or faux finishing are terms used to describe decorative paint finishes that replicate the appearance of materials such…

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Distressing

Distressing (or weathered look) in the decorative arts is the activity of making a piece of furniture or object appear…

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Cloisonné

Cloisonnéis an ancient technique for decorating metalwork objects. In recent centuries, vitreous enamel has been used, and inlays of cut…

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Champlevé

Champlevé is an enamelling technique in the decorative arts, or an object made by that process, in which troughs or…

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Cast Paper

Cast Paper is a paper crafting technique in which paper fiber or pulp, such as cotton fiber paper, is formed…

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Burnishing pottery

Burnishing is a form of pottery treatment in which the surface of the pot is polished, using a hard smooth…

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Basse-taille

Basse-taille is an enamelling technique in which the artist creates a low-relief pattern in metal, usually silver or gold, by…

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Decoupage

Decoupage is the art of decorating an object by gluing colored paper cutouts onto it in combination with special paint…

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Collage

Collage is a technique of an art production, primarily used in the visual arts, where the artwork is made from…

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Influences of Art Deco

Art Deco, sometimes referred to as Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture and design that first appeared in…

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Zellige

Zellige (Arabic: الزليج‎; also zelige or zellij) is mosaic tilework made from individually chiseled geometric tiles set into a plaster…

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American Craftsman

The American Craftsman style, or the American Arts and Crafts movement, is an American domestic architectural, interior design, landscape design,…

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Świdermajer

Świdermajer is a distinct Polish architectural style developed in late 19th and early 20th century in Masovia along the railroad…

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Neoclassicism in France

Neoclassicism is a movement in architecture, design and the arts which was dominant in France between about 1760 to 1830.…

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Louis Philippe style

The style of architecture and design under King Louis Philippe I (1830-1848) was a more eclectic development of French neoclassicism,…

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