Limoges enamel

thumb|300px|High-quality Mosan art|Mosan 12th century armlet, somewhat damaged, so showing the cast recesses for the enamel Champlevé is an enamelling technique in the decorative arts, or an object made by that process, in which troughs or cells are carved, etched, die struck, or cast into the surface of a metal object, and filled with vitreous enamel. The piece is then fired until the enamel fuses, and when cooled, the surface of the object is polished. The uncarved portions of the original surface remain visible as a frame for the enamel designs; typically, they are gilded in medieval work.

artistic material made in Limoges, France

French painter and engraver (c.1505-c.1575)

relic holder in the shape of a chest, casket, or small church-like structure

French painter (1530-1584)

French painter

collection of Renaissance art in the British Museum

thumb|Close view of a common teal showing the vermiculation pattern in its feathers. thumb|Detail showing a "vermiculated" background on a chasse (casket)|chasse reliquary casket thumb|Architectural vermiculation in Paris Vermiculation is a surface pattern of dense but irregular lines, so called from the Latin meaning "little worm" because the shapes resemble worms, worm casts, or worm tracks in mud or wet sand. The word may be used in a number of contexts for patterns that have little in common. The adjective vermiculated is more often used than the noun.

French painter (1520-1602)