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  Auteur : Mboudié, Elise, 1976

  Définition

  Painting pretense that simulates either exactly or in exaggerated fashion, the natural grain or color of wood.

  Notes :

  A stratagem employed by clever craftsmen throughout the centuries, notably in Regency England and Colonial America, to transform inferior wood or plain plaster.
  
  The highly skilled imitation of the grain of wood in painted work is known as graining. During the 19th century, the practice was debased and became associated with the cheapest and often the nastiest types of furniture, which were painted and grained to simulate oak or mahogany or valnut.

  Terme :

  1. graining

  Terme associé :

  1. faux-bois