White japan

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Description

An opaque white lacquer that contains Lead white.

Synonyms and Related Terms

white lacquer

Resources and Citations

  • M.Bellardie, "Japanning in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Europe" in Painted Wood: History and Conservation, Getty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles, 1998.
  • K.Walsh "Baroque and Rococo Transparent Gloss Lacquers"

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