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On display at V&A South Kensington
Furniture, Room 135, The Dr Susan Weber Gallery

Lacquering Brush

2012 (made)
Place of origin

The brush can be pared down like a pencil as the bristles are worn down


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Wood and hair
Brief description
High quality flat lacquering brush for applying top coat of urushi, Watanabe Shoten code C08, Tanaka-bake Gokujo Uwanuri Hontoshi, width 15mm, full length hair within a flat wooden surround of rectangular cross-section, Japan, 2012
Woo, Japan, education, lacquer
Physical description
Flat wooden surround of rectangular cross-section containing hair running the full length of the brush
Dimensions
  • Width: 15mm
Style
Summary
The brush can be pared down like a pencil as the bristles are worn down
Collection
Accession number
FE.55-2012

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Record createdOctober 3, 2013
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