Monday, March 15, 2010

Green Lacquer


With St. Patrick's Day and spring upon us, we are thinking green at Chinoiserie Chic. So today we begin a week of green Chinoiserie with green lacquer. Above is a fabulous little powder room by Katie Ridder. She lacquered the walls green and then glued faux silk flowers on the walls. Genius! What will you lacquer in green?

A Chinese Chippendale chair


Your kitchen cabinets-Miles Redd


A dresser or sideboard


Your front door



22 comments:

  1. I am working on a green lacquered Library for a client-still framing the house but this is a definite. Great examples-that Kitchen. Love the door too. pgt

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  2. Stalker and Parker, in their 1688 book 'A Treatise of Japanning and Varnishing', give the following recipe for geen japanning: "...put English Pinck; grind it with common size, and when it has attained the consistency of butter, convey it to a pottinger, and there Lamblack and White-lead mixt with it, produce the Olive colour;...". Easy peasy, obviously :)

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  3. I love lacquered anything! The green is perfect for St. Patty's day!

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  4. so pretty! thinking alike--you need to add the clover porthault sheets (on today's post) have a great day!
    best Barbara

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  5. I just discovered this blog of yours. What a fantastic niche to post about!! Love it.

    Cheers,
    Karen O.

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  6. Love it all, especially the kelly green kitchen by Miles: brilliant!

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  7. Well...I am green with envy over this post! ;)
    Emile-great insight to the background on green japanning.

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  8. Love it!! The campaign dresser is fabulolus!!

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  9. Little Augury-So perfect for a library.

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  10. Emile-Thanks-this will come in handy!

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  11. CC-Lacquer is great in any color anywhere.

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  12. Averill-What a way to transform ugly stock cabinets.

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  13. Theresa-Maybe you can try his japanning recipe.

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  14. Green is a great color...My favorite is leaning toward LIME...pretty post!

    Jen Ramos
    madebygirl.blogspot.com --

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  15. Thanks for all the green ideas. I really do need to add green to my world.
    pve

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