Definitions for "Cloisonné"
Inlaid between partitions: -- said of enamel when the lines which divide the different patches of fields are composed of a kind of metal wire secured to the ground; as distinguished from champlevé enamel, in which the ground is engraved or scooped out to receive the enamel.
Technique used in enameling where the design is laid out on the surface with metal or wire, filled in with colored enamel, and then fused.
a decorative technique using metal strips to enclose coloured enamels