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Decoupage or découpage ( / ˌdeɪkuːˈpɑːʒ /; [1] French: [dekupaʒ]) is the art of decorating an object by gluing colored paper cutouts onto it in combination with special paint effects, gold leaf, and other decorative elements. Commonly, an object like a small box or an item of furniture is covered by cutouts from magazines or from ...
Windsor, Berkshire, England. Known for. paper-cutting, decoupage. Mary Delany later Mary Pendarves ( née Granville; 14 May 1700 – 15 April 1788) was an English artist, letter-writer, and bluestocking, [1] known for her "paper-mosaicks" and botanic drawing, needlework and her lively correspondence.
The decorative arts are often categorized in distinction to the "fine arts", namely painting, drawing, photography, and large-scale sculpture, which generally produce objects solely for their aesthetic quality and capacity to stimulate the intellect .
Decoupage is a type of collage usually defined as a craft. It is the process of placing a picture into an object for decoration . Decoupage can involve adding multiple copies of the same image, cut and layered to add apparent depth.
Florentine style crafts have an ornate appearance, and are typically gold gilded, or have gold paint applied to resemble gilding. Decoupage usually includes reproductions of well-known Classical Florentine art works, which may or may not be religious in nature.
In England, decoupage, the art of applying paper cutouts to other items, became very popular, especially the botanically inspired works of Mary Delany. A large amount of early amateur japanning can be attributed to the rise of the artform as a suitable pastime for young ladies between the late 17th and 18th century.
