shellac

Human societies have used plastics that occur naturally in the environment for hundreds of years, in the form of rubber, horn and shellac.

Instead, “People getting ready to do things” is spelled out in egg yolk, besmirching the virginal purity of its white satin support; and “It’s only vanishing cream” is translucent shellac disappearing against deathly black.

“Your son has shellac in his veins,” referring to the brittle material used in 78 r.p.m. records.

Salisbury recommends sealing the knots first with shellac.

Trompe l’oeil artists were also highly in demand in the decorative arts, and wealthy patrons would hire peintres-décorateurs to shellac their drawing rooms with imitation marble and porphyry.