Free Translator Free Translator
Translators Dictionaries Courses Other
Home
English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Cloisonne   Listen
Cloisonne

adjective
1.
(for metals) having areas separated by metal and filled with colored enamel and fired.  Synonym: champleve.






WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University








Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words



Share |





"Cloisonne" Quotes from Famous Books



... depot at eight o'clock tonight, bound for Santa Barbara to attend her wedding anniversary tomorrow night. I forget what anniversary it is, Bill, but I have been informed by my daughter that I'll be very much de trop if I send her any present other than something in porcelain or China or Cloisonne—well. Bill, this crazy little blue vase just ...
— The Go-Getter • Peter B. Kyne

... to understand the differences and similarities in enamelled work, to observe the three general forms in which it is employed; these are, the cloisonne, the champleve, and the painted enamel. There are many subdivisions of these classifications, but for our purpose these ...
— Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages • Julia De Wolf Addison



Words linked to "Cloisonne" :   decorated, enamelware, adorned, champleve



Copyright © 2024 Free-Translator.com