APPLIQUE • DICTIONARY ONE.COM • Definition of Applique

... whose main object was to glorify the name of that sovereign. It has been guessed that they formed centres for a coffered ceiling, and there is nothing to negative the conjecture. The opening in the centre may have been filled with a boss of bronze or silver gilt. As we have already shown, applique work of this kind played a great part in Assyrian decoration; doors were covered with it and there are many signs that both in Chaldaea and Assyria many other surfaces were ...

— A History of Art in Chaldaea & Assyria, v. 1 • Georges Perrot