COROMANDEL WORK


Meaning of COROMANDEL WORK in English

lacquer work popular in England c1700 and marked by an incised design filled in with gold and color. Also called Bantam work, Coromandel lacquer .

[ after the COROMANDEL COAST, where objects decorated with such work were transshipped to Europe ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .