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German term or phrase:	Treibdekor
English translation:	repoussé work
Entered by:	Susan Welsh

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20:18 Sep 25, 2011

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Social Sciences - Archaeology / Roman Empire swords

German term or phrase: Treibdekor

This is some kind of decoration on the scabbard of a sword, but I am not finding anything meaningful about it!

Bereits in frühtiberischer Zeit wurden die römischen Opus interrasile-Bleche jedoch offenbar weitgehend entsorgt. An ihre Stelle traten nun in größerem Umfang Zierbleche mit **Treibdekor,** die zuvor nur selten genutzt wurden.

Any help will be appreciated!

Susan Welsh KudoZ activity Questions: 240 (none open) (12 closed without grading) Answers: 280 United States
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repoussé work

Explanation:
See Mary L. Apelt, Dictionary of Art History - Archaeology

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repoussé_and_chasing

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Thanks, Susan

Selected response from:

Helen Shiner
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:54

Grading comment

Thanks very much, including to you and orla for helpful references.
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Summary of answers provided

4 +2

repoussé work

Helen Shiner

running/flowing decoration

Frosty

Summary of reference entries provided
see Treibarbeiten, Treiben	orla

Answers

1 hr confidence:

running/flowing decoration

Explanation:
Little more than an inspired guess based on what I found here:

http://www.lot-tissimo.com/en/cmd/lan/l/en/

"A Biedermeier bowl with floral decoration
End 19th. cent. Not marked. Open worked decoration of flowers, c-shapes and leafs. H. 5,5 cm. W. 39 cm. Weight ca. 360 gr."

"Biedermeier-Schale mit Floraldekor
Deutsch, Mitte 19. Jh. Tremulierstrich. Durchbrochener Treibdekor von Blüten, C-Schwüngen und Blattwerk. Min. besch. H. 5,5 cm. L. 39 cm. Gew. ca. 360 gr."

See also:

http://www.lot-tissimo.com/de/cmd/lan/l/de/

Frosty
Local time: 03:54
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1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

repoussé work

Helen Shiner
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:54
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English
PRO pts in category: 27

Grading comment

Thanks very much, including to you and orla for helpful references.

Notes to answerer

Asker: That's great, thanks very much!

Reference comments

1 hr peer agreement (net): +1

Reference: see Treibarbeiten, Treiben

Reference information:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treiben

Not sure if this is right but perhaps a start, could the decoration be made using this method?

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"Als treiben bezeichnet man die Arbeitstechnik in der aus einer flachen Blechplatte plastische Formen oder auch Reliefs gearbeitet werden."

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http://www.grabenschmiede.de/index.php/projekte_leser/items/...

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http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/dect/hd_dect.htm

Just thought this link might be useful tho maybe not enough detail for the project youre working on!

Reference: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treiben

orla
Germany
Native speaker of:

English

Note to reference poster

Asker: Thanks, orla, esp. for the Met link, which helped me solve another problem ("open work").

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