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cloisonné

[kloi-zuh-ney, klwa-zaw-ney] / ˌklɔɪ zəˈneɪ, klwa zɔˈneɪ /


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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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