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découpage , any process of decorating surfaces in which paper cutouts made of new materials completely cover the surface. These cutouts are attached to the work by pasting or gluing. The simple techniques involved in this form of collage make it an easily accessible art form.

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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | © The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English 2009, originally published by Oxford University Press 2009. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

de·cou·page / ˌdākoōˈpäzh/ • n. the decoration of the surface of an object with paper cut-outs, which is then usu. varnished or lacquered.

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