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French to English Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting Translation Glossary

French term		English translation
finement dorée		(finely-) gilded porcelain
finition mouchardée		stippled finish
fixer ou faire fixer		fix or have fixed (cause to be fixed)	Lara Barnett
Entered by: Lara Barnett
Float		Float (flat, clear, plain glass)
foi sociale		social faith
fonte pleine		solid cast
Foudur		Fondur (brand name for wood finish)	Gayle Wallimann
Entered by: Gayle Wallimann
four à cloche		bell-type furnace/ Top-hat kiln
fresque patinée		frescoes with a patina of time/age
friche industrielle		renovated industrial buildings or areas
fusain aquarellé		charcoal and watercolour
Garantie Séjour		Exhibition insurance
garnisseuse-découpeuse		(person in charge of) trimming and cutting
génie créateur		Creative genius
Gestuelle vigoureuse		vigorously gestural
glacis à l’huile		transparent oil glaze or oil glaze
glacis géométriques		geometric layering
glissement		sliding
Grands concours, années 30		International architectural design competition of the Thirties
gravé à l'eau-forte		etched
gravures à l’eau-forte pure		pure etchings	Nicky Over
Entered by: Nicky Over
grès blond		yellow stoneware
grotesques et arabesques		grotesques and arabesques
guéridon d’apparat		ornamental pedestal table
harras		enclosure
hasardons une percée		let us venture an insight
hauteur de tranche brossée		a 20 mm brushed rim/edge hight	Mark Nathan
Entered by: Mark Nathan
huile granitée		textured oil
huile/panneau		oil on board
hybridations photographiques		hybrid photographic images	Philippa Smith
Entered by: Philippa Smith
il (le verre) confère une matière à l'espace mental		it (the glass) gives form to the mental realm
il faut mettre...les yeux dans la braise		your eyes burn from the heat	Lara Barnett
Entered by: Lara Barnett
Ille et Vilaine		Ille et Vilaine
ils divisèrent longuement du monde		Together they would ponder over the world
imaginerie		mindscape	Wyley Powell
Entered by: Wyley Powell
Incises		incisions or parentheses in space
indication schématique		schematic representation
initiales champiees		champi; pen flourished initials
intervention spatiale		spacial intervention
investir		appropriate; occupy; take possession of;

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