Church decoration : a practical manual of appropriate ornamentation (1874)
Practical · London : Published for the author by Frederick Warne & Co., Bedford Street, Strand ; New York : Scribner, Welford and Armstrong · leaf 68
earance to the work. If paper letters are used, then have the material on which they are mounted very stout. Setting out the Work, 22. The cloth being stretched quite flat on the floor or bench, three distinct spaces are required ; one at the top and one at the bottom for the border, and a centre… … 23. Stretch a string, first covered with red chalk or black lead, from A to A. When the string is tight, a second person should lift it in the centre, and let it fall suddenly : this is technically called "snapping." A faint line is thus secured; and the operation being repeated from B to B, C to…
Church decoration and ornament · Illumination of books and manuscripts · Christian art and symbolism
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