Vitremanien.
/ˈviːtrəmaniː/ A process of decorating window panes by the application of coloured designs in imitation of stained glass, popular in the Victorian period.
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1881 Sylvia's Bk. Artistic Knicknacks 324 The art of vitremanie—the decoration of glass windows, &c., by the application of coloured designs so as to resemble stained-glass—is a modern invention.
1881 Sylvia's Bk. Artistic Knicknacks 324 Vitremanie may be applied to exclude unpleasing views seen through staircase or other windows.
1961 J. Gloag Victorian Comfort ii. 36 A form of window decoration called ‘Vitremanie’, which was applied to glass ‘to exclude unpleasing views’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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