Please support my mum's one of a kind artworks! TO BUY : www.etsy.com VISIT BLOG FOR MORE PHOTOS AND INFO: smalkaisstils.blogspot.com Contact me [email protected] International shipping! Decoupage (from the French word for cut) is the craft of decorating household objects, usually wooden furniture or papier-mache boxes, with pictures cut out of paper. It originated in the 18th century, to simulate the beautiful, intricately hand-painted lacquer items that were being imported at great expense from Asia, and early pieces are decorated with Asian art and themes.