| 单词 | cameo glass |
| 释义 | > as lemmascameo glass cameo glass n. a decorative glass consisting of layers of different colours, the outermost being cut away so as to leave the design or designs in relief, an example being the Portland vase. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > ornamental glass-work > [noun] > cut or relief-decorated glass silver glass1797 cut glass1800 mousseline1862 cameo glass1879 prunt1902 verre églomisé1907 reticello1926 1879 Encycl. Brit. X. 649/2 The first place among those processes in which one colour was superimposed on another may be given to that by which the cameo glass was produced. 1910 Encycl. Brit. XII. 92/2 The carved or ‘cameo’ glass, introduced by Thomas Webb of Stourbridge in 1878. 1961 E. M. Elville Collector's Dict. Glass (1967) 32 Cameo glass first made its appearance shortly after the Great Exhibition of 1851. < as lemmas |
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