Noun: découpage ,dey-koo'paazh
- The art of decorating a surface with shapes or pictures and then coating it with varnish or lacquer
"Her découpage transformed the old table into a work of art"
- Art produced by decorating a surface with cutouts and then coating it with several layers of varnish or lacquer
"She created a beautiful découpage box as a gift"
Derived forms: découpages
Type of: art, artistic creation, artistic production, fine art
Encyclopedia: Découpage