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Came glasswork includes assembling pieces of cut and possibly painted glass using came sections. The joints where the came meet are soldered to bind the sections. When all of the glass pieces have been put within came and a border put around the entire work, pieces are cemented and supported as needed. [1]
Fluting, very often convex, is also found in various media in the decorative arts, including metalware, wooden furniture, glass and pottery. It was common in English cut glass of the Georgian period. In metal plate armour, fluting was very practical, strengthening the plate against heavy blows. [36]
Tempered or toughened glass is a type of safety glass processed by controlled thermal or chemical treatments to increase its strength compared with normal glass.
A cabinet with reeded doors. In furniture, reeding is sometimes used around bedposts, and the legs of tables and chairs. Its use in this fashion was inspired by Greek and Roman architectural styles, [7] and is the opposite of fluting.
Traditionally, leadlight windows differ from stained glass windows principally in being less complex in design and employing simpler techniques of manufacture. Stained glass windows, such as those commonly found in churches, usually include design components that have been painted onto the glass and fired in a kiln before assembly.
reeded edge See milled edge. relief The part of the coin's design that is raised above the field, opposite of incuse. [1] re-strike A coin struck from genuine dies at a date later than the original issue. [1] Some of the 1804 U.S. Silver Dollars were re-strikes. repunched date
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Feathering – creating feather-like patterns on a glass by dragging a metal tool across the surface of a newly applied wrap. Frit – crushed glass often melted onto other glass to produce patterns and color; Incalmo – the grafting or joining together, while still hot, of two separately blown glass [bubbles] to produce a single [bubble]. [4]