Beautiful homes. Or, Hints in house furnishing (1878)
Williams, Henry T, Jones, C. S., Mrs · New York, H. T. Williams · leaf 152
though if there be any one not possessing sufficientskill to perform this pretty work, there is another method by which it may bemade. We will describe the wood painting first; a piece of hard close-grainedwood is selected, or if pineis necessarily used, it mustreceive three coats of zincwhite, in… … Fig. 86. another coat of varnish applied, which when dry is to be highly polished withpowdered pumice first, then with powdered Tripoli and oil until as smooth asglass, when rub off wnth finely pulverized starch ; the design is marked off onthis light ground by sketching it first on paper pricking…
Interior decoration · Decoration and ornament
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