Relating to or characteristic of damascene work; decorated with inlaid patterns of gold or silver.
Derived from damascene with the suffix -ine, meaning 'of or pertaining to'; traces back through Italian damaskeno to the city of Damascus.
The word itself reflects how European craftsmen were so impressed by Middle Eastern metalwork that they named an entire technique after its city of origin—still done today with 'champagne' for sparkling wine!
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