[Jewelry making - Article 00024] - Re: [Orchid] Translation of "plique de jour"

[David Popham]

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    Erika Speel in her "Dictionary of Enamelling" page 119 under Plique
    - a (accent grave) - jour writes, "a jour was in use from early times
    for jewellery settings which light to pass unimpeded through a
    translucent gemstone." 

    My Merriam Webster Deluxe Dictionary states, "litterally, braid
    letting in daylight (1878)." 

    Not one of my French dictionaries has the word "Pilique". Perhaps
    the word is archaic. 

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    Dictionary of Enamelling
    By Erika Speel , Spell

    http://www.ganoksin.com/jewelry-books/us/product/1859282725.htm
    Price: $139.95

    Media: Hardcover
    Manufacturer : Ashgate Publishing
    Release data : 01 February, 1998

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Hope this helps.
David Popham

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