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   Japanning
   Japanning describes the European imitation of Asian lacquerwork, originally used on furniture. The word originated in the 17th century. == Japanned == Japanned is most often a heavy black lacquer, almost like enamel paint. The European technique uses varnishes that have a resin base, similar to she...
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   Japanning
   A decorative technique that included several layers of paint finished with a coat of lacquer; commonly applied on early American and European tin. In France, a cheaper dying method was used whereby a varnish paint mix was burned on in alcohol, then baked, achieving a thin, hard translucence.
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   Japanning
   The application of an enamel coat by any process for protective or decorative purposes.
   Found op http://www.aeroplanemonthly.com/glossary/
   
   
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   Japanning
   A process of preparing the oil for, and the process of, manufacturing patent leather. (1)
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   japanning
   British term for imitation Oriental lacquer introduced in the latter half of the 17thC. Metal or wooden surfaces are coated with several layers of various gums such as shellac, as distinct from the resin of the Oriental lacquer tree which is used in true lacquer. High quality japanning is done with ...
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   Japanning
   Ja·pan'ning noun The art or act of varnishing in the Japanese manner.
   Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/J/4
   
   
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   Japanning
   • (n.) The art or act of varnishing in the Japanese manner. • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Japan
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   japanning
   in the decorative arts, process popular in 18th-century Europe for finishing and ornamenting wood, leather, tin, and papier-mâché in imitation of ... [4 related articles]
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   Japanning
   A technique of painting that requires several coats of heat-hardened lacquer, commonly used in creating Chinoiserie designs.
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    japanning
    japanning (jupăn'ing) , method of varnishing a surface, such as wood, metal, or glass, to obtain a durable, lustrous finish. The term is derived from a process popular in England, France, the Netherlands, and Spain in the 17th cent. that imitated the East Asian lacquerwork known as Japan w...
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    Japanning
    Japanning is the act of applying varnish to such articles as wood, metal, leather, and papier-mache, in imitation of the lacquered work of Japan and China, The article to be japanned, being made thoroughly dry, is first brushed over with two or three coats of seed-lac varnish to form the priming. Th...
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/AJ.HTM
    
    
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    japanning
    British term for imitation Oriental lacquer introduced in the latter half of the 17thC. Metal or wooden surfaces are coated with several layers of various gums such as shellac, as distinct from the resin of the Oriental lacquer tree which is used in true lacquer. High quality japanning is done with ...
    Found op http://www.antique-marks.com/antique-terms-j.html
    
    

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