Vernis Martin

Vernis Martin boiserie, in the boudoir of the Dauphine, Marie-Josèphe de Saxe, Versailles

Pleyel Piano made in 1903 in Louis XV style Vernis Martin case with Watteauesque scenes

In French interior design, vernis Martin is a type of imitation lacquer named after the French brothers Guillaume and Etienne-Simon Martin. It imitated Chinese lacquer and European subjects and was applied to a wide variety of items, from furniture to coaches. It is said to have been made by heating oil and copal and then adding Venetian turpentine.

References

• Frederic Jones, The Concise Dictionary of Interior Design, ISBN 1-56052-067-1
• Marianne Webb, Lacquer : Technology and Conservation: Technology and Conservation, ISBN 0-7506-4412-5
• David Garrioch, The Making of Revolutionary Paris, ISBN 0-520-24327-7
•  Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Vernis Martin". Encyclopædia Britannica. 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 

External links

• Vernis Martin Lacquers
• Images of a Pleyel piano with Vernis Martin Cabinet