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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 3610385, member: 2844"]I love French champlevé. I have several pieces of French champlevé jewellery, some with garnet and some with coral, like these earrings:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/dsc09885-640x464-jpg.170866/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Champlevé is a bit like cloisonné, except with cloisonné thin wires or strips of metal are soldered on the metal base to form the outlines or 'walls' for the enamel.</p><p>In champlevé and basse-taille the outlines are carved out of the metal, or stamped, or they are cast in one go with the metal base.</p><p><br /></p><p>Champlevé enamel is flush with the outlines, basse-taille enamel sits deeper than the outlines.</p><p><br /></p><p>It could have been. It looks a bit sloppy, but that is part of its charm.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 3610385, member: 2844"]I love French champlevé. I have several pieces of French champlevé jewellery, some with garnet and some with coral, like these earrings: [IMG]https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/dsc09885-640x464-jpg.170866/[/IMG] Champlevé is a bit like cloisonné, except with cloisonné thin wires or strips of metal are soldered on the metal base to form the outlines or 'walls' for the enamel. In champlevé and basse-taille the outlines are carved out of the metal, or stamped, or they are cast in one go with the metal base. Champlevé enamel is flush with the outlines, basse-taille enamel sits deeper than the outlines. It could have been. It looks a bit sloppy, but that is part of its charm.[/QUOTE]
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