Preferred label

Shellac (materials) 

Alternative label

Lac        

Scope note

Adhesive made, in part, from resin excreted by the lac insect. An ingredient in sealing wax.   

Parent concept     

Adhesive        

uh-linked-data/concept/16        

Related concept                       

Sealing wax        

uh-linked-data/concept/458        

The Arts & Architecture ThesaurusⓇ Online, The Getty Research Institute. Concept uri

http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300014918

The Language of Bindings Thesaurus (LoB) Concept uri

Not in LoB

Scope note source reference

Source

Jana Dambrogio, Daniel Starza Smith, and the Unlocking History Research Group. Letterlocking, The Hidden History of the Letter. Cambridge and London: MIT Press, 2025.

Unlocking History Concept uri

uh-linked-data/concept/473