cloisonné
Americannoun
adjective
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of cloisonné
1860–65; < French, equivalent to cloison partition ( Old French < Vulgar Latin *clausiōn-, stem of *clausiō; Latin claus ( us ) closed ( see clause, close) + -iō -ion ) + -é < Latin -ātus -ate 1
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Example Sentences
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Early Monday, Ye posted a photo showing cloisonné pins of his and Kardashian’s faces, with an alien face between them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2022
From dozens of business trips over the years, he gave me one gift: a cloisonné Japanese compact, an odd gift for a 10-year-old.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2021
Another mother story, not that anyone’s asking: a day long ago, summer of ’80 or thereabouts, Constance scrounging for spare change and possibly a cigarette in one of the cloisonné boxes in the living room.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 26, 2019
Take your tiki drink to go in the form of this too-cute enamel cloisonné pin made in Seattle.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2018
A cloisonné enamel is practically a mosaic, in which the separations consist of narrow bands of metal instead of plaster.
From Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance by Addison, Julia de Wolf Gibbs
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