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单词 crystoleum
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crystoleumn.

Brit. /krɪˈstəʊlɪəm/, U.S. /krɪˈstoʊliəm/
Forms: 1800s christoleum, 1800s– chrystoleum, 1800s– cristoleum, 1800s– crystoleum.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: crystal n., Latin oleum.
Etymology: < cryst- (in crystal n.) + classical Latin oleum oil (see oleum n.).In the early 1880s there were two different companies operating from central London addresses under the name Crystoleum Company (and engaging in litigation with one another). The earliest associated trademark application appears to have been in 1881.
Now historical.
A process for producing paintings on glass in which a photographic image is transferred to the glass and then coloured; a painting produced in this way. Frequently attributive.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > surface and planographic printing > printing on china and glass > [noun]
blueprinting1815
potichomania1854
decalcomania1864
transfer-printing1865
crystoleum1882
1882 Artist Aug. 258/1 A new process of colouring photographs, styled the Crystoleum process, first brought to our notice by an amateur competitive exhibition held a few weeks ago in Regent-street, is now being actively pushed.
1882 Manch. Guardian 21 Oct. 8/5 (advt.) Lessons in Chromo-Photography or Crystoleum: entire process taught in four lessons:..any photograph painted to order.
1884 Girl's Own Paper Jan. 190/1 To how great an extent crystoleum has been practised, a glance at shop windows and a visit to exhibitions will testify.
1910 M. Little At Sign of Burning Bush ii. iv. 144 His ill-cut, light brown hair..seemed to Dorothy the fair floating locks of the traditional angel of crystoleum pictures.
1950 Chester (Pa.) Times 20 Apr. 4/1 Oil paintings and crystoleum paintings on glass by Jessie Drew-Bear will be on exhibition.
2008 N.Y. Sun (Nexis) 3 Sept. 15 Shoppers looking to adorn their homes with found treasures such as Victorian crystoleums and Barbolla mirrors stroll London's Portobello Road.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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