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LACQUER, or LACICER

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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 53 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LACQUER, or LACICER , a See also:general See also:term for coloured and frequently opaque varnishes applied to certain metallic See also:objects and to See also:wood. The term is derived from the See also:resin See also:lac, which substance is the basis of lacquers properly so called. Technically, among Western nations, lacquering is restricted to the coating of polished metals or metallic surfaces, such as See also:brass, See also:pewter and See also:tin, with prepared varnishes which will give them a See also:golden, See also:bronze-like or other lustre as desired. Throughout the See also:East Indies the lacquering of wooden surfaces is universally practised, large articles of See also:household See also:furniture, as well as small boxes, trays, toys and See also:papier-mache objects, being decorated with See also:bright-coloured and variegated lacquer. The lacquer used in the East is, in general, variously coloured sealing-See also:wax, applied, smoothed and polished in a heated See also:condition; and by various devices intricate marbled, streaked and mottled designs are produced. Quite distinct from these, and from all other forms of lacquer, is the lacquer See also:work of See also:Japan, for which see JAPAN, § See also:Art.

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