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“The history behind Jensen is huge,” says Kate Henderson, a 35-year-old varnisher who has been at Jensen for two years.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 23, 2018
During World War I he had a Navy interlude as "third-class painter and varnisher."
From Time Magazine Archive
Three artisans employed in the palace were arrested, but their innocence was established, while a fourth man, a varnisher named Batushkoff, had disappeared.
From The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia by Abraham Cahan
The age of Charlemagne was an era in the arts; and the addition of linseed-oil to the materials of the varnisher and decorator may on the above evidence be assigned to it.
From On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature by John Ruskin
Mr Tinkler, unused to receive such short orders in connection with the fair varnisher, paused.
From Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens
