| 单词 | oeil-de-perdrix pattern |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoeil-de-perdrix pattern a. A repeating pattern of dotted circles, usually on a coloured background, used to decorate some French pottery and porcelain. Frequently attributive, esp. in oeil-de-perdrix pattern.First used around 1760 on Sèvres porcelain. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > decoration of china > [noun] > painting > specific designs shoulder linec1175 willow pattern1829 blue willow1831 kylin1857 oeil-de-perdrix1865 Broseley dragon1878 prunus1878 hawthorn pattern1896 bocage1902 shishi1970 1865 F. B. Palliser Hist. Lace iv. 70 The lovely diapered ground recalls the may-flower of the Dresden and the oeil-de-perdrix of the Sèvres china of that time. 1925 W. W. Worster tr. E. Hannover Pottery & Porcelain III. 276 The famous œil-de-perdrix pattern, consisting of tiny circles or double circles dotted in green or blue and reserved in white on a monochrome or dotted ground. 1953 F. Tilley Litchfield's Pottery & Porcelain (ed. 6) vi. 234 The names of some other decorations [on Sèvres work] occur in various catalogues and inventories: thus the œil de perdrix, the well-known partridge eye-pattern. 1971 Canad. Antiques Collector Feb. 16/2 The rim has a light blue ground upon which is the oeil-de-perdrix pattern leaving three oval reserves. < as lemmas |
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