As with many inventions, it is hard to ascertain what initially inspired goldsmiths to adapt the champlevé technique for printmaking.

Shaker communities were largely self-sufficient: in their attempt to separate themselves from the outside world and to create a heaven-on-earth, members grew their own food, constructed their own buildings, and manufactured their own tools and household furnishings.

The emperor renamed this ancient port city Constantinople (“the city of Constantine”) in his own honor.