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Meaning of POONAH PAINTING

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Poo"nah paint`ing\ [From Poona, in Bombay
Province, India.]
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.
Note: Hence:
{Poonah brush},
{paper},
{painter}, etc.
 
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