The cabinet maker's guide, or, Rules and instructions in the art of varnishing, dying, staining, japanning, polishing, lackering, and beautifying wood, ivory, tortoiseshell, & metal : with observations on their management and application : including an appendix, containing several valuable tables
A practical trade manual by George A. Siddons on varnishing, staining, japanning, polishing and lacquering wood, ivory, tortoiseshell and metal, published in London by Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper in 1837 for working cabinet makers. The plates are plain engraved geometry: arcs, chords, hatched timber sections and lettered points joined by solid and dotted construction lines, useful as diagram motifs and figure labels.
