Illustrated Furniture Glossary ..... Illustrated Architecture Dictionary

Relief carving

Decoration formed by carving away the background to produce projecting figures or forms

Called low relief (bas-relief) when only slightly projecting and high relief when more deeply cut.

Furniture: Used in furniture


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