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 day bed was drawn up beside a low table where a cloisonné bowl filled with pot-pourri gave out a cloud of spicy perfume. THE WHITE DOVE
- He bought deeply, acquiring contemporary cloisonne, lacquer and large porcelain vases.
- There are comprehensive subcollections such as walking sticks, thimbles, minute ivory skulls, Chinese cloisonne enamel vessels, Oriental carpets, and Persian miniatures.
- The lateral panels of the triptych encased in repoussé silverwork were left in their original form as remarkable specimens of the 10th century toreutics, while the rest of the icon was adorned anew with gold, silver, cloisonné enamels and precious stones.
- The champleve enamel differs from the cloisonné by the small cells intended to receive the enamel not being made in the Byzantine fashion by means of strips of flat gold wire soldered to the gold plate, but by being dug out of the plate with a burin. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman
- Our store is the biggest dealer in cloisonne ware here.
- The lateral panels of the triptych encased in repousse silverwork were left in their original form as remarkable specimens of the 10th century toreutics, while the rest of the icon was adorned anew with gold, silver, cloisonne enamels and precious stones.
- Isabel saw the spray from his mouth as Peter swung round and swept the cloisonné bowl and the books and papers and sewing off the table. THE WHITE DOVE
- Wouldn't this be nice in gray flannel, with a choker of gobstopper-sized cloisonné beads? Fauxlero -- 80s-Style - A Dress A Day
- Vintage Gold Toned Leaf Pin/Brooch Sarah Coventry butterfly pin brooch gold silver enamel cloisonne 1. 2″ SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles - Part 6204