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Vitremanie|ˈviːtrəmæniː| [f. F. vitre window-pane + manie fad.] A process of decorating window panes by the application of coloured designs in imitation of stained glass, popular in the Victorian period.
1881Sylvia'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. Ibid. Vitremanie may be applied to exclude unpleasing views seen through staircase or other windows. 1961J. Gloag Victorian Comfort ii. 36 A form of window decoration called ‘Vitremanie’, which was applied to glass ‘to exclude unpleasing views’. |