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{{Short description|Small, nonfunctional work of art}} [[File:House of Fabergé - Gatchina Palace Egg - Walters 44500 - Open View B.jpg|thumb|''Objet d’art'': The [[Gatchina Palace (Fabergé egg)|Gatchina Palace Egg]] contains a miniature of the [[Gatchina Palace]] of [[Catherine the Great]].]] In [[art history]], the French term '''objet d'art''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|ɒ|b|ʒ|eɪ|_|ˈ|d|ɑːr|audio=LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-objet d'art.wav}}; {{IPA|fr|ɔbʒɛ daʁ}}) describes an ornamental [[work of art]], and the term '''objets d’art''' describes a range of works of art, usually small and three-dimensional, made of high-quality materials, and a finely-rendered finish that emphasises the aesthetics of the artefact.<ref>''The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary'' (1993) Lesley Brown, Ed. p. 1,965.</ref> Artists create and produce ''objets d’art'' in the fields of the [[decorative arts]] and [[metalwork]], [[porcelain]] and [[vitreous enamel]]; [[figurine]]s, [[plaquette]]s, and [[engraved gem]]s; [[ivory carving]]s and semi-precious [[hardstone carving]]s; [[tapestry|tapestries]], [[antiques]], and [[antiquities]]; and books with fine [[bookbinding]]. The [[National Maritime Museum]], [[Greenwich]], London, describes their accumulated artworks as a: "collection of ''objets d’art'' [which] comprises over 800 objects. These are mostly small, decorative art items that fall outside the scope of the Museum’s ceramic, plate, textiles and glass collections." The artwork collection also includes metal curtain ties, a lacquered ''papier-maché'' tray, tobacco boxes, [[cigarette case]]s, ''[[découpage]]'' (cut-paper items), [[portrait miniature]]s, a gilt-brass clock finial, plaques, statuettes, plaquettes, a [[horse brass]], a metal pipe tamper, a small [[glass painting]], et cetera.<ref>[http://prints.rmg.co.uk/category/8970/decorative-art/objets-dart objets d'art] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904163841/http://prints.rmg.co.uk/category/8970/decorative-art/objets-dart |date=2012-09-04 }}, National Maritime Museum</ref>
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