decalcomania

noun

de·cal·co·ma·nia di-ˌkal-kə-ˈmā-nē-ə

: the art or process of transferring pictures and designs from specially prepared paper (as to glass)

: decal

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To bring her surrealist works to life, British artist Ithell Colquhoun employed techniques ranging from fumage to decalcomania, entopic graphomania and parsemage. —

Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, 17 July 2019

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from French décalcomanie, from décalquer "to trace, transfer by tracing" (from dé- de- + calquer "to trace, copy") + -o- -o- + -manie -mania, after potichomanie "the art of imitating painted porcelain ware," earlier presumably "craze for vases imitating Chinese porcelain," compound with potiche "rounded or polygonal vase with a separate cover, originally one made in China" — more at calque