单词 | carton-pierre |
释义 | carton-pierren. A kind of papier mâché made to imitate stone or bronze. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > material for making paper > paper > materials made from paper or pulp > [noun] > papier mâché papier mâché1753 paper mache1763 paper paste1763 carton-pierre1850 1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis I. xxxviii. 372 Old family portraits from Wardour Street..and battle-axes made of carton-pierre. 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. III. 747/1 Bracket-table,..the figures supporting it of carton-pierre. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Carton-pierre..has been used for roofing, and is composed of the pulp of paper mixed with whiting and glue. 1862 Catal. Internat. Exhib., Brit. II. No. 5752 Ornamental furniture, in carton-pierre and papier-mâché. 1885 Spons' Mechanics' Own Bk. 608 Carton pierre is a species of papier-mâché made with paper pulp, whiting, and size, pressed into plaster moulds. 1961 Connoisseur Guide to Antique Eng. Furn. 115 A great deal of Early Victorian furniture made use of patent materials such as gutta-percha, stamped leather, carton-pierre, [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1850 |
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