The Painters' & grainers' handbook : a complete illustrated guide to painting, graining, distempering, sign-writing, gilding, and glass embossing ...
A trade manual by James Callingham, published in London in 1873 by Brodie & Middleton for house painters, grainers, sign-writers and gilders. The wood-engraved figures are catalogue-style profiles of brushes, combs and graining tools, shown flat in solid black with dense parallel hatching for bristles and wood, useful as tool silhouettes, texture patterns and small spot cuts.
