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 66
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 … Fic. 73.—Gesso panel based on Parrot Tulip. will slightly colour the gesso, and also tend to harden thesurface. If the waxed method is properly done, and a hotiron held a little distance from it to drive the preparation intothe plaster, the surface will bear polishing, when dry, wnth a silk 1: 50…
Decoration and ornament
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