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‖ œil-de-perdrix|œjdəpɛrdri|
[Fr., lit. ‘partridge-eye’.]
1. In French pottery and porcelain, a design of dotted circles, usu. on a coloured background, first used circa 1760 on Sèvres porcelain.
1865F. B. Palliser Hist. Lace iv. 70 The lovely diapered ground recalls the may-flower of the Dresden and the oeil-de-perdrix of the Sèvres china of that time. 1925W. W. Worster tr. E. Hannover's Pott. & Porc. III. 276 Next to the monochrome grounds, a favourite method was..that of dotting the porcelain over with some little simple design repeated without a break in the manner of textiles. One of these was the famous œil-de-perdrix pattern, consisting of tiny circles or double circles dotted in green or blue and reserved in white on a monochrome or dotted ground. 1953F. Tilley Litchfield's Pott. & Porc. (ed. 6) vi. 234 The names of some other decorations [on Sèvres work] occur in various catalogues and inventories: thus the œil de perdrix, the well-known partridge eye-pattern. 1971Canad. Antiques Collector Feb. 16/2 The rim has a light blue ground upon which is the oeil-de-perdrix pattern leaving three oval reserves.
b. A similar design used as a ground in lace-making (see quots.).
1891A. S. Cole Suppl. Descr. Catal. Specimens Lace S. Kensington Mus. 23 The pattern consists of tape-like stems..with a coarse ground of ‘oeil de perdrix’ devices or irregular little hexagons. Ibid. 31 The scheme of pattern consists of a series of oval compartments.., on an oeil-de-perdrix ground. 1899A. M. Sharp Point & Pillow Lace vi. 148 This Lace [sc. Flemish Mechlin] is sometimes grounded with an ornamental ‘réseau’, instead of one in the usual hexagonal shape, called ‘Fond de néige’ or ‘Œil de perdrix’. 1953M. Powys Lace & Lace-Making xi. 207 (heading) Fond de Neige, so-called Oeil de Perdrix. An elaborate ground, often used as a filling. 1960H. Hayward Antique Coll. 178/2 Other grounds were sometimes used such as the œil de perdrix.
2. Applied to wines which are pink or pale red in colour. Hence ellipt. as n.
1872E. Braddon Life in India viii. 305 If he required..anything from Holloway's pills to œil de perdrix champagne..he was compelled to lay in such a stock as would carry him through. 1920G. Saintsbury Notes on Cellar-Bk. v. 80 The true œil-de-perdrix tint is not..‘synthetically’ attainable. Ibid. xii. 188 A glass, filled with œil-de-perdrix wine. 1959W. James Word-Bk. Wine 135 Œil de perdrix. A partridge-eye wine is a pink wine; the term is applied to pink champagnes, light-coloured sparkling burgundies, and to some wines made from a mixture of red and white grapes. 1966Country Life 6 Oct. 820/1 In 1784 ‘L' Oeil de Perdrix Celleroy’, presumably what we would now call pink champagne, fetched 48s. as against 38s. for ordinary Celleroy. 1971Times 29 Mar. (Switzerland Suppl.) p. iii/6 From Neuchâtel..comes the best-known rosé, Oeil de Perdrix. |