| 单词 | tunbridge ware |
| 释义 | > as lemmasTunbridge ware 2. Also Tonbridge. Used attributively (rarely absol.) to designate wooden articles with a characteristic mosaic decoration, made in and about Royal Tunbridge Wells and nearby Tonbridge by slicing cross-sections from a bundle of thin strips of differently coloured wood glued together, to obtain identical copies of the pattern for sticking on the article to be decorated; chiefly in Tunbridge ware. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > inlaying, etc., in wood > [noun] > types of inlaid work marquetry1563 tarsia1665 Tunbridge ware1773 stringing1812 parquetry1816 Reisner1833 parquetage1845 intarsiatura1863 tarkashi1878 parquet work1880 intarsia1894 Shibayama1928 seaweed-marquetry1935 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > inlaying, etc., in wood > [adjective] > types of inlaid work Tunbridge1773 intarsia1867 herringbone1937 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [noun] > articles made of wood > of laid wood Tunbridge ware1842 1773 R. Graves Spiritual Quixote I. ii. xiii. 101 His Tunbridge-ware tobacco-dish. c1795 Advt. C. Fellows's Circul. Library, Salisbury With various Articles in Tunbridge, Ivory, and Morocco. 1816 J. Austen Emma III. iv. 50 A pretty little Tunbridge-ware box. View more context for this quotation 1842 F. Marryat Percival Keene I. ix. 98 In the front windows..were..prints, caricatures, and Tonbridge ware. 1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 607/1 Tunbridge ware..includes work tables, boxes, toys, &c. 1901 J. Black Illustr. Carpenter & Builder Ser.: Home Handicrafts 61 Developments of the art of what may be termed ‘wood mosaic’, and amongst these may be reckoned ‘Tarsia work’ and ‘Tonbridge work’. 1934 N. Marsh Man lay Dead xiii. 237 I suddenly remembered..a funny Victorian casket made out of inlaid wood... Antique dealers call those caskets..Tunbridge boxes. 1973 Times 25 Aug. 11/5 It has a Tunbridge-ware change-tray and an Edward vii crown set into the base. < as lemmas |
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