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Niellos

Scope note

Small metal plates containing designs that are engraved and filled with black inlay; common in the Italian Renaissance.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000184867

Term used for

nielli
niello plates

Equivalent Terms used

niello

Created

13yrs ago

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