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A chasse, châsse or box reliquary is a shape commonly used in medieval metalwork for reliquaries and other containers. To the modern eye the form resembles a house, though a tomb or church was more the intention, [ 1 ] with an oblong base, straight sides and two sloping top faces meeting at a central ridge, often marked by a raised strip and ...
Later Viking jewelry also starts to exhibit simplistic geometric patterns. [27] The most intricate Viking work recovered is a set of two bands from the 6th century in Alleberg, Sweden. [26] Barbarian jewelry was very similar to that of the Vikings, having many of the same themes. Geometric and abstract patterns were present in much of barbarian ...
An Italian jewelry casket, 1857, carved walnut, lined with red velvet. A casket [1] is a decorative box or container that is usually smaller than a chest and is typically decorated. In recent centuries they are often used as boxes for jewelry, but in earlier periods they were also used for keeping important documents and many other purposes. [2]
A Palekh jewelry box depicting a scene from the fairy tale Tsarevitch Ivan, the Fire Bird and the Gray Wolf. Russian lacquer art developed from the art of icon painting, which came to an end with the collapse of Imperial Russia. The icon painters, who previously had been employed by supplying not only churches but people's homes, needed a way ...
Color plays an important role in setting expectations for a product and communicating its key characteristics. [26] Color is the second most important element that allows consumers to identify brand packaging. [27] Marketers for products with an international market navigate the color symbolism variances between cultures with targeted advertising.
Boxes made for the poorer snuff taker were more ordinary; popular and cheap boxes were made in papier-mâché and even potato-pulp, which made durable boxes that kept the snuff in good condition. Alloys that resembled gold or silver were developed in the 18th and 19th centuries such as the ersatz gold Pinchbeck and the silver look-alike ...
Jewellery (or jewelry in American English) consists of decorative items worn for personal adornment such as brooches, rings, necklaces, earrings, pendants, bracelets, and cufflinks. Jewellery may be attached to the body or the clothes. From a western perspective, the term is restricted to durable ornaments, excluding flowers for example.
A puzzle box (also called a secret box or trick box) is a box that can be opened only by solving a puzzle. Some require only a simple move and others a series of discoveries. Modern puzzle boxes developed from furniture and jewelry boxes with secret compartments and hidden openings, known since the Renaissance.