Pointillé 3287616 78802060 2006-10-01T02:58:00Z Goldenrowley 1626176 {{decorative-art-stub}} {{wiktionary|pointillé}} '''Pointillé''' is a decorative technique in which patterns are formed on a surface by a means of punched dots. The technique is similar to [[embossing]] or [[engraving]] but is done manually and does not cut into the surface being decorated. Pointillé was commonly used to decorate arms and armor starting in the fifteenth century [http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/dect/hd_dect.htm]. == Common uses of pointillé == Pointelle is commonly used: * in the decoration of metallic arms and armor * in the decoration of hand-finished firearms * in [[bookbinding]] to finish hand-made bookcovers [http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/don/dt/dt2621.html] == Further reading == * {{cite web|url=http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/dect/hd_dect.htm|publisher=The Metropolitan Museum of Art|work=Timeline of Art History|title=Techniques of Decoration on Arms and Armor|accessdate=2005-12-02}} * {{cite web|url=http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/don/dt/dt2621.html|publisher=Etherington & Roberts|work=Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology|title=Pointillé|accessdate=2005-12-02}} {{decorative-art-stub}} [[Category:Artistic techniques]]