ajoure

The straight edge of the lace comprises ajoure fabric with inserted braid. To the ajoure fabric are attached flowers comprising eight leaves with a half stitch in the centre.

2004, Dana Veselská, Laces from the collections of the Jewish Museum in Prague, page 104

About it 16 ajoure plates in the shape of a dove (111. 5 on fig. 119) and 50 round Medusa heads, by her temples beautiful Greek earrings (ib. in. 6, 7), on her neck a golden hoop and a necklace (ib. iv. 1, 2).

2011, Ellis Hovell Minns, Scythians and Greeks, page 216

The binders worked in the traditional Eastern manner, with arabesques and gilding and cut-out (ajoure) leather over a coloured background.

2021, Arundell Esdaile, Roy Stokes, A Student's Manual of Bibliography

Moreover, the exquisite art of making textiles "ajoure" created masterpieces of design which at one time graced and embellished thousands of vernerated altars throughout Christendom.

1917, American Architect and Architecture - Volume 112, page 235

During the Egyptian Middle Kingdom (c. 2133-1786 BC ) metalworkers attained a very high degree of skill , working in every decorative technique, including repousse, ajoure, chasing and engraving, granulation, wirework, enameling, and lapidary work.

1992, Encyclopaedia of Humanities and Social Sciences, page 445

Several half finished objects hint at this possibility, such as ajoure inlay No. 513 in which one worker drilled the basic perforations while another one was probably supposed to enlarge the designs later on, but never did.

2005, Etan Ayalon, The Assemblage of Bone and Ivory Artifacts from Caesarea Maritima, Israel 1st-13th Centuries CE, page 164