Definitions

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  • noun A wallcovering made from a paste of gelled linseed oil and woodflour spread on heavy canvas and embossed with a pattern.

Etymologies

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Marketing coinage of the 1870s, probably from linseed and crust.

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Examples

  • Ceiling is way up there, maybe 20′, and covered with either Lincrusta or a real old pressed tin ceiling.

    Only the Only « raincoaster 2006

  • Ceiling is way up there, maybe 20′, and covered with either Lincrusta or a real old pressed tin ceiling.

    Hunting and Gathering: The Only « raincoaster 2006

  • Victorian sham Queen Anne style of architecture, with sham half-timbering of chocolate-painted plaster in the gables, Lincrusta

    Tales of Space and Time 1906

  • The new jardinière, which Marjorie had made out of an old box and some Lincrusta Walton, was filled with tall chrysanthemums, our best cups and souvenir spoons were arranged on the little Turkish table, and last of all we lighted the lamp under the brass tea-kettle, and then seated ourselves to "await the rush," as the Duke said.

    Three Girls in a Flat Jean Yandell Loughborough 1892

  • It had what must have been a spectacular makeover in 1898 - an impressive brown tiled façade was added, a beautiful mosaic was laid on the floor in the entrance, and more: tiles fronting the bar, lots of classy woodwork and a fine Lincrusta ceiling.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Arthur Taylor 2012

  • The wainscot could be a wallpaper, like Lincrusta, or it could be wood.

    Brownstoner 2010

  • The wainscot could be a wallpaper, like Lincrusta, or it could be wood.

    Brownstoner 2010

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  • Wall treatments have come a long way since Lincrusta. And so have marketing departments.

    September 6, 2013