decalcomania

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

noun either a design that is fixed to some surface or a paper bearing the design which is to be transferred to the surface
noun the art of transfering designs from specially prepared paper to a wood or glass or metal surface

From French décalcomanie.

"As, if buying you sweaters ain't enough without your leaning plumb up against the fire escape and stamping a whole decalcomania of red stripes on your back like as if you were a convict." — Carl and the Cotton Gin, Sara Ware Bassett
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. — Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin

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