cire perdue

[seer per-doo, -dyoo, seer per-dy]

noun

Metallurgy.

1. lost-wax process.

cire perdue

/ sir pɛrdy /

noun

1. a method of casting bronze, in which a mould is formed around a wax pattern, which is subsequently melted and drained away

Word History and Origins

Origin of cire perdue¹

1875–80; short for French moulage à cire perdue mold on lost wax

Word History and Origins

Origin of cire perdue¹

literally: lost wax

Example Sentences

In the hall, the walls of white marble and mosaic form an exquisite setting for the bronze doors, which are masterpieces of Italian cire perdue work of the 16th Century, said to be as fine as those of the Baptistry of Florence.

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By the time of the XIIth Dynasty, and perhaps earlier, cire perdue casting over an ash core became usual.

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As early as the pyramid times solid casting by cire perdue was already used for figures: but the copper statues of Pepi and his son seem, by their thinness and the piecing together of the parts, to have been entirely hammered out.

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Torel worked at the palace, and the statues were cast in "cire perdue" process, being executed in the churchyard itself.

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I believe that the process is known as casting á cire perdue.

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