POONAH PAINTING

n.

1 definition — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


n.

A style of painting, popular in England in the 19th century, in which a thick opaque color is applied without background and with scarcely any shading, to thin paper, producing flowers, birds, etc., in imitation of Oriental work. Hence: Poonah brush, paper, painter, etc.


← POONAC P — all words POONGA OIL →