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MAIOLIQUE [1 record]

Record 1 2023-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Earthenware
  • Applied Arts
  • Archaeology
DEF

Tin-glazed earthenware made in Italy [or] in the Italian style.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Faïences
  • Arts appliqués
  • Archéologie
OBS

Il s'agit d'un type de faïence stannifère italienne datant de la Renaissance ou fabriquée selon une technique et un style italiens datant de la Renaissance. (La technique consiste à ajouter de l'oxyde d'étain à l'émail.)

OBS

[On] eut l'idée [...] d'employer [un émail opaque, ordinairement stannifère pour] faire la glaçure des faïences et le fond blanc sur lequel devaient être placées toutes les belles peintures qui ont donné tant de célébrité à cette poterie [...]

Spanish

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