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‖ quatre-couleur, a.|katrkulœr|
[Fr., f. quatre four + couleur colour.]
Of objets d'art: made of or decorated with carved gold of several (esp. four) different colours. Hence quatrecouleurs n. pl.
1959Times 19 Dec. 9/4 The one [thimble] on the left has fruit and flowers in quatre-couleur work round the band. 1960H. Hayward Antique Coll. 231/2 Quatre⁓couleurs, the art of combining various colours of carved gold in a decorative scheme. The colour of gold is determined by the nature of the alloy. 1967Times 7 Mar. 21/4 (Advt.), A quatre-couleur gold box..by Barrière, 1768. 1975Catal. Important Gold Boxes & Objects of Vertu (Sotheby, Monaco) 66 A rectangular quatre-couleur gold and enamel snuff-box. 1978Times 5 Aug. 9/1 Snuff-boxes..in imitation of gold boxes with..‘quatre-couleurs’ decoration. |