Art recreations; being a complete guide to pencil drawing, oil painting, water-color painting, crayon drawing and painting, painting on ground glass, Grecian painting, antique painting, oriental painting, sign painting, theorem painting, ferneries, moss work, papier mache, cone work, feather flowers, potichomanie, leather work, hair work, taxidermy, gilding and bronzing, plaster work, decalcomanie, wax work, shell work, magic lantern, paper flowers, imitation of pearl, the aquqrium, sealing-wax painting, panorama painting, coloring photographs, enamel painting, etc. (1873)
Day, Henry · Boston, Shepard & Gill · leaf 214
s leaves. The Frame. — Have a frame made of well-seasoned wood, withthe outer edge thinner than the inner, though this is a matter oftaste. Size it all over. Let it dryfor an hour or so. Then apply acoating of oak varnish stain ; whendry, it will be ready for use. Com-mence by attaching the stem… … 212 LEATHER WORK. It is impossible in our limited space to particularize the variousarticles for which leather work is adapted; but every ir^di^idual offertile imagination and ingenuity will readily perceive the uses towhich this art can be applied. We give a pretty design for awatchstand.
Arts · Painting · Drawing
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