单词 | pâte tendre |
释义 | pâte tendren. Ceramics. Soft clay; the porcelain made from this. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > clay > [noun] > particular qualities of clay pryan1631 fireclay1686 pâte tendre1858 pâte dure1863 1858 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 28 May 443/2 The chief beauty of the pâte tendre consists in the complete amalgamation of the colours with the glaze. 1863 W. Chaffers Marks & Monograms Pottery & Porcelain 163 Porcelain of the pâte tendre has the appearance of an unctuous white enamel. 1870 C. Schreiber Jrnl. (1911) I. 71 We found an exquisite pâte tendre St. Cloud group. 1904 H. James Golden Bowl I. viii. 149 He had handled nothing so precious as the Principino..whom he could manipulate..as he couldn't a correspondingly rare morsel of an earlier pâte tendre. 1932 R. Fry Characteristics French Art iii. 66 He loved to feel the pâte tendre of a piece of fine pottery. 1989 Antiques Trade Gaz. 4 Mar. 58/1 (advt.) Antique European Porcelain of 18th century Tournai pâte tendre. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1858 |
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