Applique
An applique (French for applique , from the Latin applicare ' to add') or application (e.g. in the case of textiles) generally refers to specially crafted elements and details that are often mainly used for decoration and that are placed on objects of the same or another Materials applied , so put on.
Flat appliqués
An application in historical and present-day metal processing is known as inking . A significant example of this is the Nebra Sky Disc from the Bronze Age .
Flat applique decorative pieces, especially on furniture, were already in use in ancient Egypt and antiquity (see inlay ). The silhouetted decorative pieces were mostly made in the form of reliefs made of ivory , tortoise shell or ceramic . Cast , also forged and fire-gilded decorative pieces, which were mainly used in the manufacture of furniture in the late baroque period, are mostly called fittings , but in rare cases also called appliques. Appliques on clothing occur at an early stage, especially on church robes and curtains.
In the field of education, pictures and texts attached to the board to supplement the board picture are referred to as applications.
Textile appliqués
The application of laces to fabrics is one of the special applications in the textile sector . The application of fabric when making quilts is also widespread. Pieces of fabric are often cut out and sewn on, but also later crocheted or embroidered onto textiles. The latter is called appliqué embroidery. Applications are also common on leather. They usually consist of silhouetted cut out ornaments that are stitched or glued on.
Massive appliqués
In antiquity, the edges and corners of wooden chests or horse-drawn wagons were often decorated with more massive appliqués, mostly made of bronze, which otherwise had no other function and because of this purely decorative function are not defined as fittings .
Other meanings
Applique or applique in German also refers to a wall lamp or a wall arm. Such single or multi-armed, and often swiveling, wall arms have been known as candle holders since the Gothic period. The high point of this form of appliqué was the time of Louis-quinze , the Rococo under the French King Louis XV.
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