The Painter, Gilder and Varnisher[ Companion; Comprising the Manufacture and Test of Pigments, the Art of Painting, Graining, Marbling, Staining, Sign-Writing, Varnishing, Glass-Staining, and Gilding on Glass
The Painter, Gilder and Varnisher[ Companion; Comprising the Manufacture and Test of Pigments, the Art of Painting, Graining, Marbling, Staining, Sign-Writing, Varnishing, Glass-Staining, and Gilding on Glass
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 Excerpt: ...it will always be necessary to run the dividers on one side of all the lines so as to keep them the same distances. For a gilt stripe, which is necessary for coaches, sleighs, 9190., it is better in my opinion to use varnish to lay the gilt with; and if the varnish dries too quickly, a little raw oil will correct that ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 Excerpt: ...it will always be necessary to run the dividers on one side of all the lines so as to keep them the same distances. For a gilt stripe, which is necessary for coaches, sleighs, 9190., it is better in my opinion to use varnish to lay the gilt with; and if the varnish dries too quickly, a little raw oil will correct that and make it more tacky. The difl5culty in fatoil for laying leaf is, that it often spreads over the edges of the stripe, and also, it has too much body. making a ridge where the stripe is. It seldom looks well to see a stripe on a panel intersect another stripe at right angles in the corners, especially where there is but one line around the panels. Some shift is nearly always made to make the corners round or scalloping. ' The carriage part can be striped more than the body; and small tasty scrolls, put into proper places, have very much the eifect in filling up that an ornament has in the centre of a large panel; yet this part is often overdone with stripes. Great care should be taken to make the stripes true, and to preserve, as has before been said, the beauty of form in the carriage. Preserve the same style and colors as nearly as can be, with the body and carriage part. I use what are called " camel's hair" pencils, and, perhaps from habit, cannot use any other kind for striping. Long sable hair pencils are more elastic and stitf, the hairs are straighter, and will keep so a longer time, and the pencil will last enough longer to nearly pay the odds in the price; and if the painter can work with them best, certainly there can be no objection to using them. I find as much difiiculty in changing from the "camel's hair" to the sable hair brush, as in changing from the quill to the metallic pen. A pencil brush should be ...
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VG, pages are a wee bit tender or browned. Vermillion embossed cloth covers, gilt embossed title and design on spine. Patterned endpapers. xx, 395 pp., (1) and 31 pp ads at rear. Packed with useful recipes and ideas and guidance.