tessera

• Petite pièce carrée de pierre, de verre ou d'autre matériau utilisée pour composer une mosaïque.

A small square piece of stone, glass, or other material used in the creation of a mosaic.

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1. Mosaic tileC1formalart

   A small, typically square piece of stone, glass, or ceramic used in creating a mosaic.

   Tesselle (de mosaïque)

   • The artist carefully placed each tessera to form the image.
   • Ancient Roman mosaics were made from thousands of tesserae.
   • She used colored glass tesserae for the background of the mosaic.

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