plique-à-jour

noun

A vitreous enamelling technique where the enamel is applied in cells, similar to cloisonné, but with no backing in the final product, so light can shine through the transparent or translucent enamel.

OriginFrench plique-à-jour →
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Meanings

nounplique-à-jour (uncountable)
  1. uncountableartA vitreous enamelling technique where the enamel is applied in cells, similar to cloisonné, but with no backing in the final product, so light can shine through the transparent or translucent enamel.

Origin

  1. Frenchplique-à-jour
  2. Englishplique-à-jour

From French plique-à-jour, literally "letting in daylight".

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