A process for producing paintings on glass in which a photographic image is transferred to the glass and then coloured; a painting produced in this way.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in The Artist. From cryst- + classical Latin oleum oil.
Definition of crystoleum in US English:
crystoleum
(also chrystoleum, cristoleum)
nounkrɪˈstəʊlɪəm
historical
A process for producing paintings on glass in which a photographic image is transferred to the glass and then coloured; a painting produced in this way.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in The Artist. From cryst- + classical Latin oleum oil.