ajouré

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1. uncountableA technique for creating patterns of open areas in fabric by tying woven threads together.

   ... I recently used a lot of ajouré/lace techniques and printed on top of that.

   2014, Jenny Udale, Fashion Knitwear

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   Then work 6 rows point ajouré, 4 rows in Gyps'Anny of stocking stitch, 6 rows in ficelle point ajouré, and 4 rows stocking stitch in Gyps'Anny.

   1980, Scottish Field - Volume 126, page 41

   There are silk/cotton blends with ajouré work, multicoloured deckchair stripes, and the highly coloured stripes known as bayadère work ( see Glossary ).

   2004, Textile Outlook International - Volumes 109-111, page 49

   The ajouré technique, especially, was used for the white face veils (rubanda) worn in Qajar Iran because the openwork allowed the wearer to see.

   2021, Medill Higgins Harvey, Andrea Achi, Deniz Beyazit, Collecting Inspiration, page 200

2. uncountableA decorative technique in which patterns are created by piercing or perforating a surface (of metal, ivory, leather, marble, etc.)

   An inverted 'Tree'; ajouré-work with detail in low relief.

   1967, Max Edgar Lucien Mallowan, Georgina Herrmann, Ivories from Nimrud (1949-1963), page 37

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   The metalworkers used both inlay in silver and gold and ajouré (design produced by complete removal of metal to produce the desired pattern) (cat.88) in addition to the more common engraving (cat. 87).

   1966, Smithsonian Institution, Islamic Art from the Collection of Edwin Binney 3d

   Phoenician workmanship used also specific techniques such as ajouré, cloisonné, and champlevé.

   2019, Hélène Sader, The History and Archaeology of Phoenicia, page 177

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1. Decorated using ajouré.

   Compare ajouré decoration on rim with that on soffit in [ 87 ].

   2003, Richard Ettinghausen, Oleg Grabar, Islamic Art and Architecture 650-1250, page 308

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   Thus, among numerous varieties, he may pick out at a glance the blued and ajouré steel hilts of the Restoration;

   1929, Bashford Dean, Catalogue of European Court Swords and Hunting Swords, page 5

   Not far from it was another ivory, an open work or ajouré sphinx, and in the same belt of debris, to the front of the stele and along the east wall of the court, there were other fragments of broken up ivory plaques engraved with processional scenes, clearly ninth century in style.

   1952, Iraq - Volumes 14-15

   Stitches include ajouré works, prints with botanical patterns, plain or close stiches with detailed shaping.

   1998, American Sportswear & Knitting Times - Volume 67, page 17

   In gold leaf, ajouré fragments portray helmeted warriors back to back,72 in the semi-oriental stvle of the attachment from Knossos, fig. 1 26; also, small roundels, again showing armed.

   2004, J.N. Coldstream, Geometric Greece: 900–700 BC, page 402

2. governmentDepicted in the same color as the field in order to imply that one can see through the element to the field; voided of the field.