Cire-perdue Sentence Examples

They are frequently stated to be of beaten bronze, but they are really castings, apparently by the cire perdue process.

By the time of the XIIth Dynasty, and perhaps earlier, cire perdue casting over an ash core became usual.

Their exact method is not certainly known, but it appears probable that they were acquainted with the process now called a cire perdue - the same as that employed by the great Italian artists in bronze.

The advantage of this process is that the artist's model is not destroyed as in the cire-perdue, and if a "waster" results, a second mould can be taken.

Two methods have been employed, the cire-perdue, or wax process (see above), and the present, or all sand method.