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lacquerware
(redirected from Lacquerwork)

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Noun1.lacquerware - a decorative work made of wood and covered with lacquer and often inlaid with ivory or precious metalslacquerware - a decorative work made of wood and covered with lacquer and often inlaid with ivory or precious metals
japan - lacquerware decorated and varnished in the Japanese manner with a glossy durable black lacquer
piece of work, work - a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing; "it is not regarded as one of his more memorable works"; "the symphony was hailed as an ingenious work"; "he was indebted to the pioneering work of John Dewey"; "the work of an active imagination"; "erosion is the work of wind or water over time"


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But Sindh was renowned for other skills, too, and its jewellery, lacquerwork, pottery, and tiles were illustrated in black-and-white engravings in The Industrial Arts of India, published by Birdwood in 1880.
Eileen Gray experimented with Oriental lacquerwork, designing screens, furniture, bowls and plates with traditional Japanese inlays such as crushed eggshell and mother of pearl.
And, until April 21, Chester's Grosvenor Museum is hosting an exhibition including 70 colour woodblock prints, netsuke and other ivories, samurai swords, ceramics and lacquerwork.
 
 
 
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