Sentence examples for lacquers of from inspiring English sources

Sure -- but very appealing after all the slick plastics and mirror-finish lacquers of recent years.

The carved lacquer of China (diaoqi) is particularly noteworthy.

Su Tong's morbid fantasia wears an opaque lacquer of willful elegance.

Succeeding coats of lacquer of varying quality are now laid on, dried, and polished.

The ostentatious simplicity of the Zen sect of Buddhists was displayed in the use of black lacquer of the first quality with little or no ornament.

Carved lacquer of this period, though far from negligible, hardly attains to the rich colour, breadth, and simplicity of that of the Ming period.

What you get is the over-all action of the mind rather than the high-shine lacquer of the apt image.

There is an extra lacquer of anger and mistrust in the N.B.A. because of the particular commissioner with whom Billy Hunter is negotiating: David Stern.

The change from the vibrant red lacquer of Gustave's concierge desk to the orange and green plastic of the 1960s lobby shows the change well".

As stated above, the lacquer of East Asia is made from the sap of Rhus vernicifera; subject to the removal of impurities and excess water, it can be used in its natural state, though it was frequently adulterated.

The chief interest of European lacquer of the 18th century lies, however, in the fact that it was not a purely imitative art, as it had been at its beginning.