maquette

[ ma-ket, muh- ]

noun

1. a small model or study in three dimensions for either a sculptural or an architectural project.

maquette

/ mæˈkɛt /

noun

1. a sculptor's small preliminary model or sketch

Word History and Origins

Origin of maquette¹

1900–05; < French < Italian macchietta, diminutive of macchia a sketch, complex of lines < Latin macula mesh, spot

Word History and Origins

Origin of maquette¹

C20: from French, from Italian macchietta a little sketch, from macchia, from macchiare, from Latin maculāre to stain, from macula spot, blemish

Example Sentences

Consider “Maquette,” “Genesis Noir” and “Journey of the Broken Circle,” interactive conversations that ask players to think about love.

From Los Angeles Times

It was late December, and we were sitting in a room in his upstate New York studio whose nondescript furniture was dotted with evidence of ongoing work on Venice: a maquette here, paint samples there, a test flag folded loosely in a chair.

From New York Times

Dame Hepworth's brass 1957 sculpture Maquette For Winged Figure also went under the hammer and sold for £277,200.

From BBC

Other works going under the hammer include the Landscape Sculpture, which looks like a stringed instrument, the brass sculpture Maquette For Winged Figure, and an oil and pencil work called Atlantic Form, Blue.

From BBC

The maquette, a preliminary clay model of the statue, captures his charming smile and Frank sitting on a river’s edge as salmon leap from the water.

From Seattle Times