Repoussé and chasing
（重定向自Repousse work）
![The Great Dish, or Great Plate of Bacchus, from the Roman Mildenhall Treasure](/Images/godic/202502/07/Mildenhall_treasure_great_dish_british_museum4124.JPG")
![Gilt copper repoussé from Tibet, 16th century](/Images/godic/202502/07/16th_Century_Tibet_repousse4124.jpg")
![One of twenty-three silver altar vessels believed to have been found in the Syrian village of Kurin. Silver repoussé, partial gilt.[1] The Walters Art Museum.](/Images/godic/202502/07/Byzantine_-_Chalice_with_Apostles_Venerating_the_Cross_-_Walters_57636_-_Profile4124.jpg")
![Sculptor Maurice Ascalon at work undertaking the finishing chasing of a copper repoussé relief sculpture circa 1939.](/Images/godic/202502/07/Maurice_Ascalon_24124.jpg")
Repoussé or repoussage (French pronunciation: [ʁəpuse]; [ʁəpusaʒ] respectively) is a metalworking technique in which a malleable metal is ornamented or shaped by hammering from the reverse side to create a design in low relief.
There are few techniques that offer such diversity of expression while still being relatively economical. Chasing is the opposite technique to repoussé, and the two are used in conjunction to create a finished piece. It is also known as embossing.