facture

fac·ture

F0008450 (făk′chər)n. The manner in which something, especially a work of art, is made: "the gummy surfaces, spectral smudges and woozy contours that ... appear in counterpoint to the clear, bright facture that had heretofore been [the artist's] hallmark" (Robert Shorr).
[French, from Latin factūra, a working or making; see feature.]

facture

(ˈfæktʃə) n1. (Building) construction2. workmanship; quality[C15: from Old French, from Latin factūra]

fac•ture

(ˈfæk tʃər)

n. the act, process, or manner of making something. [1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin factūra]