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decoupage

de·cou·page

UK/ˌdeɪkuːˈpɑːʒ/ uncommon

noun

1.

art produced by decorating a surface with cutouts and then coating it with several layers of varnish or lacquer

2.

the art of decorating a surface with shapes or pictures and then coating it with vanish or lacquer

Origin

Borrowed from French découpage, from découper (“to cut up”).

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