Orange shellac

Orange Shellac on glass (visible light left; UV light right)

Description

Light orange, transparent flakes of Shellac that have been cleaned but not bleached. Orange shellac has also been made by coloring bleached shellac with up to 1% Orpiment.

Synonyms and Related Terms

gomme laque orangée (Fr.); goma laca anaranjada (Esp.)

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Physical and Chemical Properties

Soluble in ethanol.

Resources and Citations

• G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 706

• Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996

• Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, https://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000