Last month, an intriguing, black lacquer bed with a swooping silhouette, part of a sale at Christie’s, was all over my Instagram feed. It was Jean Dunand's 1932 bed Aux Nenuphars (With Waterlilies), ...

In my first two blogs, I discussed that lacquer thinner is actually a combination of different chemicals. These chemicals fall into two categories. They can be diluent solvents and, thus, dilute the ...

Read expert advice to keep your furniture gleaming. Gone (thankfully!) are the days of having each room of your home feel like it's out of Rooms To Go, where everything matches, and everything is a ...

Most of us are familiar with vinyl LPs, and even with the way in which they are made by stamping a hot puck of polyvinyl ...

When organic chemist Takayuki Honda visited Okinawa Island in southern Japan a few years ago, he purchased a small dish coated with the glossy vermilion lacquer that’s characteristic of the region.

Lacquer is usually for precious, pricey stuff. Think handcrafted bowls and serving trays, religious artefacts in museum collections, and the facades of old shrines, temples and other architectural ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SheKnows may receive an affiliate commission. “Gorgeous! The colour is divine. It’s a really true, old ...

Li Ziqi, one of China's most popular influencers, made a surprising comeback after she stopped posting videos for more than three years. [Video grab] After a hiatus of over three years, Li Ziqi, the ...

Lacquer artist Nguyen Thi Que will hold her first solo exhibition at age 70, showcasing over two decades of refined, meditative work.