Few ever made it well, however, and it caused more mouth-lacquering, lip-colouring and general nausea than any other.
Take the Wired Beans collection of Scotch and sake glasses shown at the Japanese pavilion, an elegant assortment of plain design and more elaborate lacquered tumblers that come in a special wooden box and carry a lifetime guarantee: you break it, they'll replace it.
However, most outlets that sell the more common lacquered bass can remove the lacquer for a nominal fee.
At 68 Xuan Dieu, Lacquer and More presents brightly lacquered bowls and cupboards made using traditional techniques.
An inro consisted, as a rule, of from two to five compartments, beautifully fitted into each other and held together by silken cords running along each side, secured by a bead (ojime) and kept in place on the sash by a kind of toggle (netsuke), sometimes of lacquer but more often of cunningly carved wood, ivory, bone, or other material.
Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) showed that when the ratio of natural lacquer is more than 50%, the 50% weight loss temperatures increase about 100 °C.
If they hope to retain their existing users and maybe even gain a few back from Apple, they need to do more than keep adding lacquer to their existing methods.
In June 2005 it closed for renovations, and when it reopened last May, the visible changes included more than fresh coats of lacquer on the lustrouus wood-paneled walls.
She grabbed a sample of the lacquer in a more assertive red and pushed it around the page, scrutinizing it against the other elements of the room.
