engraving or carving in low relief on a stone The trinket was a small round cameo cut out of mother-of-pearl and set in gold; it represented St. George and the dragon. — J?kai, M?r

early 15c., kaadmaheu, camew, chamehieux and many other spellings (from early 13c. in Anglo-Latin), "carved precious stone with two layers of colors," from Old French camaieu and directly fr [..]

A gem with a design or figure carved out of the stone, and raised above the background layer.

n. Any small engraved or carved work in relief.

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A dull coated paper, which is particularly useful in reproducing halftones and engravings.

A typeface used for special effect in which the normal method of printing is reversed, the characters appearing in white against a solid or shaded background, instead of in black against a light backg [..]

(n) engraving or carving in low relief on a stone (as in a brooch or ring)

A miniature relief carving on a stone, almost always a portrait of a woman in side-profile. Two colour cameos are achieved by layering a different coloured substrate under the stone that will be carve [..]

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Small relief made from gems, glass, ceramics, or shell having layers of different colours and carved so that the design stands out in one colour against a background in another.

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Gem with a design or figure carved out of the stone, and raised above the background layer.

A cameo, in its truest sense, is a figure or scene carved in relief any of various organic or inorganic gem materials. In many cases, these materials offer alternating bands of color, or shades of color that provide contrast to the raised portion of the cameo. Chalcedonies and shells have been extremely popular carving materials for many centuries. [..]

A carving having the design in relief or raised above the background surface. Cameos are usually made in layered materials such as agate or shell so as to achieve contrasting colours.

– a gemstone having layers of different colours, such as cornelian or sardonyx, cut to show in low relief the design and background in contrasting colours. It is the opposite of an intaglio

A dull coated paper, which is particularly useful in reproducing halftones and engravings.

A dull coated paper, which is particularly useful in reproducing halftones and engravings.

A small-scale, shallow relief decoration of carved stone, shell, glass or ceramic typically set against a contrasting colored background developed during the Hellenistic period. Cameos are predominately used in jewelry decoration.

A dull coated paper, which is particularly useful in reproducing halftones and engravings.

A dull coated paper, which is particularly useful in reproducing halftones and engravings.

A dull coated paper, which is particularly useful in reproducing halftones and engravings.