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Chavannes

American  
[sha-van] / ʃaˈvan /

Chavannes British  
/ ʃavan /

noun

  1. See Puvis de Chavannes

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In 1957, Alfred W. Fielding and Marc Chavannes were trying to create a new kind of textured wallpaper by attaching two plastic sheets together, but pockets of air got stuck in between.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

As years went by, the company Fielding and Chavannes founded expanded its wrap options to include a variety of bubble sizes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Nowell once explained to Chavannes that when he was younger, a building fire had forced his family into temporary homelessness.

From Washington Post • Mar. 23, 2023

Ms. Chavannes is accused of getting in the face of a clinic staffer and yelling “Do not touch me.”

From Washington Times • Dec. 18, 2022

For example, Michaelangelo and the Bible, Rembrandt and Balzac, Puvis de Chavannes and the Merovingian narratives.

From Essay on the Creative Imagination by Baron, Albert Heyem Nachmen