email en resolle
A design consisting of enamel and gold inlaid in
glass or rock crystal, and which has been used to
a very limited extent as a means of decorating the
covers of books. The technique apparently was used
by only one person, a French goldsmith, who based
his patterns on the engravings of Etienne Delaune.
To produce the email en resolle the design is cut
into the surface of the ground and then filled
with strips of gold leaf. The details of the
design are then modeled by very delicate chasing
on the surface of the leaf. Translucent colored
enamels are then floated over specified areas of
the gold. (347 )
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