quatre-couleuradj.

Brit.

/ˌkatrəkuːˈləː/, U.S.

/ˌkætrəˌkuˈlər/

Forms: 1900s– quatre-couleur, 1900s– quatre-couleurs.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French quatre couleurs.

Etymology: < French quatre couleurs (in the phrase or de quatre couleurs gold of four (different) colours: 1779 or earlier; compare also quot. 1898) < quatre four (see quatre n.) + couleurs , plural of couleur colour n.¹ O.E.D. Suppl. (1982) gives the non-naturalized pronunciation (katrˌkulȫr) /katrkulœr/.

Of an objet d'art: made of or decorated with carved gold of several (esp. four) different colours. Also as n.: this style of decoration (rare).

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > [adjective] > specific style

Moorish1434

savage1548

damaskeen1551

grotesque1603

Mogul1617

pierced1756

baroque1765

rocaille1776

rococo1830

plateresque1845

Alhambresque1848

François Premier1850

Mudéjar1865

serio-grotesque1873

famille verte1876

barocco1877

rococoesque1885

famille rose1893

famille noire1898

Ch'ien Lung1901

Marie Antoinette1909

Mosan1910

famille jaune1923

Romanizing1936

quatre-couleur1959

penworked1965

1898 Times 9 June 21/2 The old French boxes..included the following..an oval Louis Quinze gold box, elaborately chased en quatre couleurs with flowers, masks, and ribbons, with six oval panels with subjects in grisaille and rose enamel backgrounds representing domestic scenes by Fragonard.]

1959 Times 19 Dec. 9/4 The one [thimble] on the left has fruit and flowers in quatre-couleur work round the band.

1960 H. Hayward Connoisseur's Handbk. Antique Collecting 231/2 Quatre~couleurs, the art of combining various colours of carved gold in a decorative scheme. The colour of gold is determined by the nature of the alloy.

1967 Times 7 Mar. 21/4 (advt.) A quatre-couleur gold box..by Barrière, 1768.

1978 Times 5 Aug. 9/1 Snuff-boxes..in imitation of gold boxes with..‘quatre-couleurs’ decoration.

1983 Burlington Mag. Oct. 653/3 Another box by Hardivilliers in quatre couleurs gold dated 1766-67.

1992 Burlington Mag. June p. xxxii (caption) Rectangular mother-of-pearl box... The borders are embellished with chased quatre-couleur floral decorations.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	quatre-couleur
释义	quatre-couleuradj. Brit. /ˌkatrəkuːˈləː/, U.S. /ˌkætrəˌkuˈlər/ Forms: 1900s– quatre-couleur, 1900s– quatre-couleurs. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French quatre couleurs. Etymology: < French quatre couleurs (in the phrase or de quatre couleurs gold of four (different) colours: 1779 or earlier; compare also quot. 1898) < quatre four (see quatre n.) + couleurs , plural of couleur colour n.¹ O.E.D. Suppl. (1982) gives the non-naturalized pronunciation (katrˌkulȫr) /katrkulœr/. Of an objet d'art: made of or decorated with carved gold of several (esp. four) different colours. Also as n.: this style of decoration (rare). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > [adjective] > specific style Moorish1434 savage1548 damaskeen1551 grotesque1603 Mogul1617 pierced1756 baroque1765 rocaille1776 rococo1830 plateresque1845 Alhambresque1848 François Premier1850 Mudéjar1865 serio-grotesque1873 famille verte1876 barocco1877 rococoesque1885 famille rose1893 famille noire1898 Ch'ien Lung1901 Marie Antoinette1909 Mosan1910 famille jaune1923 Romanizing1936 quatre-couleur1959 penworked1965 1898 Times 9 June 21/2 The old French boxes..included the following..an oval Louis Quinze gold box, elaborately chased en quatre couleurs with flowers, masks, and ribbons, with six oval panels with subjects in grisaille and rose enamel backgrounds representing domestic scenes by Fragonard.] 1959 Times 19 Dec. 9/4 The one [thimble] on the left has fruit and flowers in quatre-couleur work round the band. 1960 H. Hayward Connoisseur's Handbk. Antique Collecting 231/2 Quatre~couleurs, the art of combining various colours of carved gold in a decorative scheme. The colour of gold is determined by the nature of the alloy. 1967 Times 7 Mar. 21/4 (advt.) A quatre-couleur gold box..by Barrière, 1768. 1978 Times 5 Aug. 9/1 Snuff-boxes..in imitation of gold boxes with..‘quatre-couleurs’ decoration. 1983 Burlington Mag. Oct. 653/3 Another box by Hardivilliers in quatre couleurs gold dated 1766-67. 1992 Burlington Mag. June p. xxxii (caption) Rectangular mother-of-pearl box... The borders are embellished with chased quatre-couleur floral decorations. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1959
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