Limoges enamels

E870260
decorative art enamelware metalwork

Limoges enamels are richly colored, finely detailed enamel artworks on metal produced in Limoges, France, renowned since the Middle Ages for their religious and decorative objects.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Limoges enamels canonical 1
Limoges porcelain 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf decorative art ⓘ
enamelware ⓘ
metalwork ⓘ
artForm enamel painting ⓘ
goldsmithing ⓘ
associatedWith Gothic art NERFINISHED ⓘ
Renaissance art NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
pilgrimage art ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
exportedTo England NERFINISHED ⓘ
Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Scandinavia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalReputation major European center of enamel production ⓘ
iconography Christ in Majesty NERFINISHED ⓘ
Virgin Mary NERFINISHED ⓘ
biblical scenes ⓘ
saints ⓘ
materialUsed copper ⓘ
enamel ⓘ
metal ⓘ
notableCollection British Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
Louvre Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
Metropolitan Museum of Art NERFINISHED ⓘ
notablePeriod 12th century ⓘ
13th century ⓘ
Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Limoges NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionMethod champlevé enamel ⓘ
painted enamel ⓘ
styleCharacteristic figurative scenes ⓘ
fine detail ⓘ
gilded backgrounds ⓘ
intricate iconography ⓘ
rich colors ⓘ
support copper base ⓘ
metal plaque ⓘ
techniqueFeature enamel painted on metal plaques ⓘ
incised cells filled with enamel (champlevé) ⓘ
usedFor altar frontals ⓘ
caskets ⓘ
crosses ⓘ
decorative plaques ⓘ
liturgical vessels ⓘ
religious objects ⓘ
reliquaries ⓘ
secular luxury objects ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Limoges → specializesIn → Limoges enamels ⓘ
Musée National Adrien Dubouché → collectionType → Limoges enamels ⓘ
this entity surface form: Limoges porcelain