wax(work) figures

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• wax-work — n. 1. Wax figures. 2. Climbing bitter sweet (Celastrus scandens) …   New dictionary of synonyms

• Wax sculpture — A wax sculpture is a sculpture made in wax. Often these are effigies, usually of a notable individual, but there are also death masks and scenes with many figures, mostly in relief.Beeswax is possessed of properties that render it a most… …   Wikipedia

• Lost-wax casting — A model of an apple in wax …   Wikipedia

• National Wax Museum (Ireland) — The National Wax Museum Plus, at The Armoury, Foster Place, Temple Bar, Dublin. The National Wax Museum is a privately owned waxworks museum in Dublin, Ireland. On October 7, 2009, the museum officially re opened (although it had been open to the …   Wikipedia

• House of Wax (2005 film) — Infobox Film name = House of Wax image size = 215 px caption = Theatrical poster director = Jaume Collet Serra producer = Joel Silver Robert Zemeckis Susan Levin writer = Charles Belden Chad Hayes Carey Hayes starring = Elisha Cuthbert Chad… …   Wikipedia

• bāndhanī work — ▪ Indian fabric art  Indian tie dyeing, or knot dyeing, in which parts of a silk or cotton cloth are tied tightly with wax thread before the whole cloth is dipped in a dye vat; the threads are afterward untied, the parts so protected being left… …   Universalium

• raised work — ▪ embroidery also called  Stump Work,         form of embroidery practiced in England in the 17th century, characterized by biblical and mythological scenes of padded plants, animals, birds, and the like in high relief. Panels, which were used as …   Universalium

• Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band — Infobox Album Name = Sgt. Pepper s Lonely Hearts Club Band Type = studio Artist = The Beatles Released = 1 June 1967 Recorded = 6 December 1966 – 21 April 1967 at Abbey Road Studios Genre = Psychedelic rock Length = 39:42 Label = Parlophone… …   Wikipedia

• Columbian Museum — The Columbian Museum (1795–1825) was a museum and performance space in Boston, Massachusetts, established by Daniel Bowen, and continued by William M. S. Doyle. The museum featured artworks, natural history specimens, wax figures, and other… …   Wikipedia

• Celastrus scandens — Waxwork Wax work , n. 1. Work made of wax; especially, a figure or figures formed or partly of wax, in imitation of real beings. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) An American climbing shrub ({Celastrus scandens}). It bears a profusion of yellow berrylike… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Waxwork — Wax work , n. 1. Work made of wax; especially, a figure or figures formed or partly of wax, in imitation of real beings. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) An American climbing shrub ({Celastrus scandens}). It bears a profusion of yellow berrylike pods,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English