pâte tendre

American  

[paht tahn-dr^uh] / pɑt ˈtɑ̃ drə /

noun

1. soft paste.

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Etymology

Origin of pâte tendre

Borrowed into English from French around 1860–65

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Example Sentences

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pâte tendre

Pâte dure was far more desirable than pâte tendre, for it was much less breakable.

From The Story of Porcelain by Sara Ware Bassett

Soft paste, which has been discontinued for many years in every other fabrique in France, is still made at both places, and they consequently produce the closest imitations of old Sèvres pâte tendre.

From The Collector's Handbook to Keramics of the Renaissance and Modern Periods by William Chaffers

Nevertheless the French people got wonderful results from their pâte tendre, and became wildly enthusiastic over the pieces the china-designers turned out.

From The Story of Porcelain by Sara Ware Bassett

All along the whole length of the table were placed, at regular intervals, the groups of pâte tendre representing the Hunt.

From In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters by L. de (Lillie de) Hegermann-Lindencrone

Founded by M. Maximilien de Bettignies in 1815, for the manufacture of pâte tendre porcelain like the old Sèvres.

From The Collector's Handbook to Keramics of the Renaissance and Modern Periods by William Chaffers

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