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 226
choose LEATHER WORK. 223 fine sieve, or cloth, into a basin ; leave it till cold, when it will befirm and clear. When required for use, cut off as much as youwant, and warm it. Use while warm. … A thin glue size of a light color will answer when the abovematerials are not handy. In this, as in all other kinds of fancy work, every thing dependsupon the neatness of the work. You must not only arrange taste- 224 LEATHER WORK. fully, but you must secure every leaf, tendril, and flower…
Arts · Painting · Drawing
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