Plique-a-jour

Plique-a-jour - Glass Paintings In Miniature
Plique-a-jour enameling is the name of a technique which probably is the most sophisticated and beautiful of all enameling techniques.

Plique-a-Jour
Plique-a-Jour is an enameling technique in which transparent enamel is fired in cloisons, (similar to wirework filigree), so that light will show through.

Plique-a-Jour: A form of enameling popular in Art Nouveau jewelry that is similar to cloisonné, but where the transparent enamels are held in place by wires on the edges rather than on a metal plate.

PLIQUE-A-JOUR: A translucent cloisonné in which there is no metal backing for the enamel work. During firing, a metal supportive base is used until firing ceases.

Plique-a-jour
A form of cloisonné in which the enamel in the cells has no backing, producing a translucent effect.

Marcus & Co. featured a collection of extremely delicate plique-a-jour flowers in the French style.
French jewelers - Lallique, Verver, were exhibiting in the Art Nouveau style
1900 ...

Enamel
Powdered colored glass which is fused to the surface of precious metal. Cloisonne, champleve and plique-a-jour are enameling techniques.
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Facet
A small plane which is cut into a surface to enhance the reflection of light.

Popular during the mid-Victorian period was a solid black, blue, or white enamel used to fill engraved designs. See Arts and Crafts, champlevé, cloisonné, faberge, filigree enamel, guilloche, and plique-a-jour.

See also: Enamel, Jewel, Glass, Jewelry, Color