Claude Lorraine glass

noun

Claude Lor·​raine glass

¦klȯdlə¦rān-,

-ōd-,

-lȯ¦r-

variants or Claude glass

ˈ⸗-

: a convex hand mirror of dark or colored glass that reflects an image of diminished size and subdued color

Word History

Etymology

Claude Lorraine (earlier English spelling of Lorrain) pseudonym of Claude Gellée †1682 French landscape painter; from the similarity of the effects it gives to those of a picture by him

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