A book of studies in plant form with some suggestions for their application to design (1896)
Lilley, A. E. V, Midgeley, W., joint author · New York : Scribner · leaf 65
yT),the gesso must be mixed stiffer, and cottonwool or tow, pulled out into small pieces,must be added to strengthen the mass.Before it sets gesso can be modelled withthe fingers, or with the modelling tool keptwell oiled, and when dry may be scrapeddown and carved with a knife—but thisdeparts from… … GESSO 49 ment—it is often best without. A good plan is to repeatedlycoat the work with white bees wax dissolved in turpentine,or brown or white shellac dissolved in methylated spirits ornaphtha ; or, again, with linseed oil. Any of these methods
Decoration and ornament
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