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]]