cloisonne

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English

A Ming bowl decorated with cloisonne
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Etymology

From French cloisonné (“partitioned”).

Noun

cloisonne (countable and uncountable, plural cloisonnes)

  1. (metalwork, uncountable) A decorative technique for metalwork, especially brass, whereby colored enamel is baked in partitions (cloisons) between raised ridges of the metal.
    Cloisonne is sometimes seen as a cheaper alternative to jewelled encrustation or filigree.
    Zoë wore a pair of cloisonne earrings she had bought in France.
  2. (metalwork) Objects decorated by this technique collectively.
    The museum had a fine collection of medieval Italian cloisonne.

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cloisonne

  1. inflection of cloisonner:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative
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