Opus interassile

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Opus interassile is a metalworking technique from the 3rd century AD. It was developed and popularized in Rome, where metalworkers used it to make arabesques and other similar designs. The technique involves punching holes in metal to simulate lattice patterns, openwork gold jewelry, and so on. Patterns were often drawn on the metal, and then various tools used to remove the desired pieces.

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• Jewellery-making Techniques from Antiquity to Recent Times. Retrieved on July 13, 2006.
• Timeline of Art History. Retrieved on July 13, 2006.