15654
Accession Number
33093
Title Of Article Chaper
Niello: a technical study
Title Of Journal Book
Papers presented by trainees at the Art Conservation Training Programs Conference
Pages
83-95
Publisher
Center for Conservation and Technical Studies;Harvard University
Publisher City
Cambridge
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Monograph
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
Niello, is a lustrous, blue-black substance, composed of one or more metallic sulphides which is either fused or burnished flush with a metal ground. The article covers the history, properties, manufacture and application of niello and the date acquired by analyzing 14 samples of byzantine niello.
Keywords
Niello, inlay; Niello, history; Niello, manufacture; Niello, analysis ICCROM
pub_id
15654