| 单词 | piqué work |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspiqué work piqué work n. (a) ornamental work formed from dots of gold or silver, inlaid in ivory, tortoiseshell, etc.; (b) a kind of decorative needlework (rare).Sense (b) is apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > inlaying > [noun] > with minute points of gold piqué work1861 piqué1882 1861 Times 10 May 16/2 (advt.) Beautiful ancient Silver Cups, Chasings and Ornaments, Piqué Work, rare Jewels. 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Piqué-work, a minute kind of buhl-work; inlaying metals in metals, usually. 1907 N.E.D. at Piqué Piqué-work, a kind of decorative needlework. 1969 Canad. Antiques Collector Oct. 19/2 It [sc. a small box] is of ivory, bound with silver with the design formed by an inlay of little points of silver known as piqué work. 1989 Miller's Collectables Price Guide 1989–90 184/3 A French fan designed as a peacock, with carved pierced horn sticks with piqué work. < as lemmas |
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