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Decalcomania

noun

Either a design that is fixed to some surface or a paper bearing the design which is to be transferred to the surface. Synonym: decal.

The art of transfering designs from specially prepared paper to a wood or glass or metal surface.

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"Decalcomania" Quotes from Famous Books

... clothes that half the time I don't get my bed made up till noon; and after all, having no callers but the girls, it don't make much difference. When I graduate, I'm going to fix up our parlor at home so it'll be simply regal. I've learned decalcomania, and after I take up lustre painting I shall have it simply stiff with drapes and tidies and placques and sofa pillows, and make mother let me have a fire, and receive my friends there evenings. May I dry my feet ...

— Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm • Kate Douglas Wiggin

Words linked to "Decalcomania" : pattern, artistic creation, transfer paper, design, artistic production, figure, art