A complete guide to ornamental leather work (1854)
Boston : James Munroe and Company · leaf 20
14 A COMPLETE GUIDE DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING THE LEAVES. Sketch, either from nature, or from the exam- ple annexed, the leaf you intend to copy, upon pasteboard ; cut it out very carefully ; then … No. 1 place a piece of basil in cold water for half a minute (not longer), unless the leather is unusu- ally thick; the leather should then be taken out of the water, and pressed in a linen cloth until the surface becomes dry. Being thus prepared, lay it quite flat and place upon it the pasteboard
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