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    Basse-taille (bahss-tah-ee) is an enamelling technique in which the artist creates a low-relief pattern in metal, usually silver or gold, by engraving...
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    practiced in the Romanesque period. In Gothic art the finest work is in basse-taille and ronde-bosse techniques, but cheaper champlevé works continued to...
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    Grigore Cobălcescu no. 6, Bucharest, Romania, unknown architect, c.1910 Basse-taille Cloisonné Filigree Fretwork Geometric lathe Moire (fabric) Ornamental...
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    woodworking techniques of intarsia and marquetry. It differs from the basse-taille technique, which succeeded it in the highest quality Gothic work, in...
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  • the 19th century till the mid 1820s, the terms primo basso, basse chantante, and basse-taille were often used for men who would later be called baritones...
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    the foot of the cup. The gold surfaces are decorated with scenes in basse-taille enamel with translucent colours that reflect light from the gold beneath;...
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    century English souvenir – Abbotsford House 20th century Norwegian enamel (basse-taille) – David Anderson Pre-revolution Russian silver gilt filigree Pre-revolution...
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    Mercredi saint pour une basse taille avec 2 flûtes et deux violons, H.123 Troisième leçon de ténèbres du Jeudi saint pour une basse taille avec 2 flûtes et 2...
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    of Damascus basse-taille (bass-baritone) Jean Dun père Aronte, guard of Armide's captive knights basse-taille Artémidor, a knight taille (baritenor) La...
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    is to be considered inaccurate: the singer, who was a tenor and not a basse-taille, had been retired in 1750 (Pitou, p. 130). Sources Parfaict, Claude (1767)...
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