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The Georgian-style, brick and stone home offers an array of gorgeous details, like glossy wood and stone floors, red lacquer walls in the formal dining room, and numerous fireplaces.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 25, 2026

The barrels -- bound tightly with rope, their fabric skins stiffened and darkened with lacquer -- inevitably recall the Gulf's vast hydrocarbon wealth.

From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026

For the dining room walls, eight Parisian artisans were flown in for months to achieve a Japanese-inspired lacquer finish.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025

She’s offset the building’s cement with a childhood baby grand piano and her grandmother’s lacquer vanity with pearl inlay.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025

A long line of gold-cloaked spearmen held back the crowd, commanded by a stout man in elaborate armor, all black lacquer and gold filigree.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

Coating fossils with varnishes and/or lacquers was the norm in the past and sometimes is still necessary to preserve a fossil specimen in museum cabinets and exhibits.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 16, 2024

More tangerine wedges cook alongside the bird in the same pan, their piths softening in the sauce that lacquers the bird.

From New York Times ● Feb. 18, 2022

VOCs are often associated with man-made chemicals, and are off-gassed from certain drying paints and lacquers.

From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2021

The four drawers in this new collection contain 24 locally developed nail lacquers in a handy travel size.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 14, 2018

The strong odor of the colored lacquers can be smelled out on the sidewalk, even with the door shut.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan

TAICHUNG, Taiwan—The first course arrived on a miniature lacquered rack, the kind you’d expect to hold ink brushes in a scholar’s studio.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

“Stone and hardwood floors, high ceilings, a high tech kitchen features lacquered wood cabinetry and Miele appliances,” reads the listing, which is held by Myra Nourmand of Nourmand & Associates.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 16, 2026

You want a ham with presence: With a lacquered crust, a resonant aroma, and a glaze that turns it into something more than the sum of its parts.

From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2025

Ten feet tall and made of black lacquered wood decorated with gold, the shrine was carried in the Nisei Week Festival parade in Little Tokyo in August 1960, The Times reported.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2024

My mother’s instructions at bedtime would be lacquered with mock-urgent tones.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

As I wrote in a recent article, I'm a proponent of lacquering bacon with the sweet-and-savory combo of maple syrup and white miso, which is the perfect complement to its salty, pork-y, smoky essence.

From Salon ● Jan. 26, 2023

He works on multiple tigers at a time and employs two or three people to help with sanding, lacquering and finishing tasks, he said.

From Reuters ● Jan. 25, 2022

“Manolo will be in the kitchen cooking his wonderful cuisine, and I’ll be in the larder, lacquering my Louis Vuitton cases with yacht varnish, bringing them to a high shine.”

From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2022

“Manolo will be in the kitchen cooking his wonderful cuisine, and I’ll be in the larder, lacquering my Louis Vuitton cases with yacht varnish, bringing them to a high shine,” he tells me.

From The Guardian ● May 23, 2020

Bridget sat on the toilet lid, lacquering her nails with ballet pink, the radio perched behind her on top of the tank.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen