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Lacquerware vs Japanning - What's the difference?

lacquerware | japanning |

As nouns the difference between lacquerware and japanning

is that lacquerware is decorative coated with lacquer while japanning is european technique of creating lacquerware in imitation of traditional Japanese style.

lacquerware

English

Alternative forms

*lacquer-ware

Noun

  • Decorative coated with lacquer.
  • *2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, p. 356:
  • *:Domestic demand from middling as well as noble audiences for exotic semi-luxury imports such as cotton goods, porcelain and lacquer-ware was strong enough to stimulate moves towards import substitution.

    • japanning

    English

    (wikipedia japanning)

    Noun

    (-)
  • European technique of creating lacquerware in imitation of traditional Japanese style.

    • Derived terms

    *japanned