Lacquerware
Wares made of wood, porcelain, or metal to which lacquer has been applied are known as lacquerware. Lacquer is the sap or resin of the lacquer (rhus verniciflua) or varnish tree. The tree ...
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Lacquer
Lacquers are varnishes made by dissolving a cellulose-based solid resin, or polymer, with modifying components (usually plasticizer but sometimes pigments) into a solvent. The resultant coatin...
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Berlin (dpa) - Steamy windscreens could soon be a thing of the
past, according to scientists working on a new lacquer designed to
ensure better visibility in tomorrow's cars...
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Looking for a 2-foot lacquered sushi boat or antique ribbon? How about a feather mask, a zebra hide or a lampshade custom-made from parchment? Perhaps a vintage accordian or Chilean goat-...
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Apparently influenced by the popularity of coloring and
crossword puzzle books and the practice of copying sacred texts,
stationery stores and specialty shops are reporting a rise in the
sal...
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SANTO TOMAS, Philippines, Oct 23 (Reuters) - It could be
any other sleepy town in the Philippine countryside, rows of
single-storey houses basking under the sun alongside roads with
the occasional...
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Somewhere beyond the sea, there’s a lot of inspiration for spring. Shades such as aqua and motifs such as coral paired with sleek, contemporary furnishings were among the top trends at the Sp...
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Stylist and fashion guru Isabella Blow, a vibrant and often outrageous presence on the British fashion scene, has died, her husband said. She was 48.Detmar Blow said she died in the Gloucestershire...
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For the J. Mendel label's spring collection, shown Friday at New York Fashion Week, designer Gilles Mendel did everything he could to make it cool.He wasn't aiming for that leather-jacket sort of c...
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Sometimes what you don't see is the sexiest thing at a fashion show. Derek Lam unveiled his spring collection Sunday at a cavernous space near the Hudson River with models wearing black pantyhose w...
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Much has been said about the party Gucci and Madonna will throw on February 6 at the United Nations. But relatively little is known about the fête’s raison d’être—the op...
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How does Perez Hilton, a.k.a. Mario Armando Lavandeira Jr., deal with the criticism of his bitchy eponymous gossip Web site? âI cover myself in baby oil!â said Mr....
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