Black lacquer furniture, a black cross-country ski machine tucked in the corner, perfume bottles - Go and Poison - on the dresser.

These days, lacquer furniture usually gets its luster from acrylic or polyester spray finishes.

"Good lacquer has depth," said Oswaldo Novaes, whose company, Joia, has made and repaired synthetic lacquer furniture for more than 20 years.

Among them were gold, tortoise shells, fabrics, carpets, more than 1,500 pieces of porcelain, as well as lacquer furniture.

The gray walls, black lacquer furniture and rich wood grain of the Biedermeier armoire create an atmosphere as formal and gentlemanly as Bader himself.

The magazine took particular note of the chic silver and black lacquer furniture created by Dunand.

He furnished it with "strange and interesting" Chinese lacquer furniture and porcelain.

Most of the high-impact lacquer furniture, chandeliers, television sets and mirrors, whether on the ceiling or on the wall, are still in good condition.

Black lacquer furniture with gold chinoiserie decoration was the main theme in this living room, which I designed in the 60's - that's what set the whole mood.

"Treasures for a Chinese Palace" includes lacquer furniture, hanging scroll portraits, 19th-century court robes and an eye-grabbing pair of 16th-century stoneware guardian lions.