cloisonné

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  1. noun Decorative enamelwork in which metal filaments are fused to the surface of an object to outline a design that is filled in with enamel paste.
  2. noun The art or process of producing such enamelwork.

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  • It's long been known there was trade with the Maya in the southern lowlands of Mexico from evidence of copper bells, cloisonné and skeletons of scarlet macaws. —  UNM Today
  • And a variety of other styles and materials - cloisonné urns, ceramic urns, and glass urns -- make for beautiful displays in a variety of settings. —  Catholic Online > Daily Readings
  • More images-a cloisonné jar, an Altamira Upper Paleolithic bison painting and a Hokusai-after the jump. —  Cool Hunting
  • One morning we devoted to visiting two cloisonné studios and some curio shops. —  Travels in the Far East
  • Nagoya is noted for its manufacture of porcelain and cloisonné. —  Travels in the Far East
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  1. French, past participle of cloisonner, to partition, from Old French cloison, partition, from Vulgar Latin *clausiō, clausiōn-, from Latin clausus, past participle of claudere, to close, lock.

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  1. French, from cloison, a partition: see cloison.
 

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