vernis-Martin

Piccapane, Raymond (Nice, France) "Les décors du mobilier: La laque, Le vernis-Martin, La nielle, La tole peinte" (French only) www. search-antiques.com

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Like Manchester cottons and Meissen porcelain, vernis-Martin was not in composition or style identical to true Asian lacquerware.

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Efforts to imitate lacquered goods especially generated writing that included fanciful conjectures, analytical research reports, and experiments. 36 reference One practical outcome was the invention of vernis-Martin, a type of colored varnish and also a style in which that varnish was used.

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Note 3: Anna Czarnocka, "vernis-Martin: The Lacquerwork of the Martin Family in Eighteenth-Century France," Studies in the Decorative Arts 2, no.

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Czarnocka, Anna. "vernis-Martin: The Lacquerwork of the Martin Family in Eighteenth-Century France."

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The traditional black red and gold varnished objects typical of Asian imports were imitated in Europe, and the palette extended by the addition of blues, greens, and yellows. 2 New-style lacquering, such as the painted scenes of vernis-Martin japanning, and metalwork such as tôle demanded these colored varnishes. 3

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Coloring particles might be ground into a varnish for vernis-Martin or other lacquer-like painting techniques.

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A Treatise on the Copal Oil Varnish or, What in France is Call'd vernis-Martin Together with the Undoubted Receipt for That Excellent Varnish and the Method of Laying It on Wood, Metal or Papier Machée and Highly Polishing the Same.

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