How to Use lacquerware in a Sentence

lacquerware

noun
  • Now, with a few clicks, anyone can arrange a visit to an atelier that makes fans, lacquerware, or knives.
    The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 13 Jan. 2017
  • Please keep your greasy mitts off the carbon-fiber trim fascia on the console and doors, gleaming like Chinese lacquerware.
    Dan Neil, WSJ, 12 June 2021
  • In Japan, the first three days of the year, a national holiday called Oshogatsu, are spent with family eating an elaborate array of New Year’s food, called osechi ryori, from large lacquerware boxes.
    Hannah Kirshner, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2019
  • The Les Chantiers Écoles is a school dedicated to teaching the city’s underprivileged youth wood- and stone-carving techniques, traditional silk painting, and lacquerware.
    Kareena Gianani, National Geographic, 10 Sep. 2019
  • The small room is filled with the objects that defined her comfortable life: exquisite lacquerware, dresses, slippers, beauty products and containers of her favorite meals, including swans and other birds.
    Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 6 Feb. 2017
  • Japan’s Noto Peninsula is known for its rural landscapes, coastal scenery, morning markets and fine traditional lacquerware.
    Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Also a feast for the eyes, each dish here is served on rare antique Japanese lacquerware and ceramic plates handmade by Shiro Tsujimura, one of Japan’s most prominent contemporary ceramic artists.
    William Li, Town & Country, 29 June 2023
  • All three canvases explore Kintsugi, a concept from Japanese philosophy which is sometimes employed in the repair of broken pottery and lacquerware.
    courant.com, 12 Feb. 2022
  • Serving pieces include antique Japanese lacquerware and handmade plates by Shiro Tsujimura, a renowned Japanese ceramicist, while the eclectic glassware selection features a bevy of antique crystal pieces.
    Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Interior design buffs will recognize the Chinese lacquerware decorations known for their intricate design and opulent presentation.
    Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 25 Nov. 2020
  • Archaeologists also discovered an ivory lacquerware artifact with an unknown purpose.
    Moira Ritter, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2024

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