NOUN
- enamelware in which colored areas are separated by thin metal strips
ADJECTIVE
- (for metals) having areas separated by metal and filled with colored enamel and fired
How To Use cloisonne In A Sentence
- The dark-painted rim and foot imitate Japanese cloisonne enamel vases, which often feature dark rims and bases of shakudo, an alloy of antimony, copper, and gold.
- As we entered, I could not help being impressed by the wealth of articles in beautiful cloisonne enamel, in mother-of-pearl, lacquer, and champleve. The War Terror
- The same is true for fine cloisonné, lacquerware and decorative metalwork.
- Aubrey's eyes flickered at the mantel clock, glowing with cloisonné, and Melstead laughed. THE LAST RAVEN
- Sheep motifs on ancient bronzes mostly appear in low relief or in the round. Shown here is a Ming dynasty cloisonne enamel jar with a design of three sheep.
- Cloisonne is an enamelware in which the surface decoration is formed by different colors of enamel that are separated by thin metal strips fixed along the design pattern.
- On the reverse of a Cloisonne or Epola hard enamel pin can be molded a raised base metal backstamp of a small graphic or script such as a website address.
- VINTAGE AVON BRUSHED GOLD APPLE PIN/BROOCH butterfly pin brooch gold silver enamel cloisonne 2″ SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles - Part 6204
- Wagner's 1890 mahogany collector's cabinet combines the profile of an 18th-century breakfront with inset panels of Japanese cloisonné that evoke 1880s English Aestheticism. Modernism's Austrian Rebels
- The same is true for fine cloisonné, lacquerware and decorative metalwork.