This fish repoussé panel is described by De Ferranti as a reproduction of a 16th-century Benin bronze plate showing a fish, translating the historic image into a worked metal relief for contemporary interior use. De Ferranti’s original description emphasises the versatility of the technique: the panel can be incorporated into doors and furniture or set into stone as an inset feature. It forms part of the Repoussage Collection.

Fish Repoussé Panel and Benin-Inspired Relief

The fish occupies the centre of a rectangular panel and is modelled with pronounced dimensionality. Repeated scales, fins and linear details give the body a richly patterned surface, while the surrounding field is punctuated with smaller raised marks. The result demonstrates how repoussé can combine figurative modelling with intricate surface pattern in a single sheet of worked metal.

The Copper Sea Life Panel develops the marine subject into a wider narrative composition, while the Embossed Arabesque Tile – Bronzed Brass shows the same broad family of relief work applied to repeating ornament. De Ferranti’s repoussé and chasing glossary entry explains the relationship between working from the reverse and refining from the front. Architectural Elements in Metal provides further context for commissioned metal features.

Integrating Figurative Metalwork

A fish repoussé panel can function as a focal insert rather than a repeating field. The existing product information supports doors, furniture-related fixtures, walling, flooring, bartops and other interior applications, subject to project review. When setting the panel into stone or joinery, the surrounding frame, edge detail and relief depth should be resolved early so that the image remains visually clear and physically well integrated.

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