decoupage
Decoupage is defined as to decorate the surface of something with paper and then lacquer the paper on.
(verb)When you cover an old dresser with vintage maps and then lacquer over the maps to create a finished product, this is an example ofdecoupage.
See decoupage in Webster's New World College Dictionary
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noun
- the art of cutting out designs or illustrations from paper, foil, etc., mounting them decoratively on a surface, and applying several coats of varnish or lacquer
- work done by decoupage
Origin: Fr découpage < découper, to cut out < dé-, de- + couper, to cut < coup: see coup
transitive verb decoupaged, decoupaging
See decoupage in American Heritage Dictionary 4
also dé·cou·page
noun- The technique of decorating a surface with cutouts, as of paper.
- A creation produced by this technique.
Origin:
Origin: French découpage
Origin: , from découper, to cut up or out
Origin: , from Old French descolper
Origin: : des-, de-
Origin: + colper, to cut (from colp, stroke; see coup)
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