| Lacquer Boxes
Japanese lacquerware is prized because Japan's lacquer contains the highest proportion of the one substance that gives lacquerware its coveted qualities, it is called ‘urushiol’ borrowed from the Japanese word for lacquer, which is ‘urushi’. The value of the sap of the lacquer tree has been known in Japan since prehistoric times and it was used as an adhesive to mend pottery and fix arrowheads to their shafts. Lacquer can be applied to many materials including wood, silk, metal and plastic, (which is what most of our range of lacquerware has been made from) and creates a beautiful high-gloss finish, typically in black or red. |
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