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Ross Hubbard | Jan 16, 2025

Coromandel is a type of Chinese lacquerware in which wood is coated with black lacquer, imagery incised, and then detailed with colored lacquer, paint, or gilding. Stone or shell inlay or other fillers were often used to provide accent or to create a relief in the design. Coromandel Screen, detail, artist unknown, 17-18th century, lacquer, wood, gold, copper alloy, 120” x 246”, Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Collections, 1185.058.

Coromandel is a type of Chinese lacquerware in which wood is coated with black lacquer, imagery incised, and then detailed with colored lacquer, paint, or gilding. Stone or shell inlay or other fillers were often used to provide accent or to create a relief in the design. Coromandel Screen, detail, artist unknown, 17-18th century, lacquer, wood, gold, copper alloy, 120” x 246”, Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Collections, 1185.058.