Cyclopedia of painting : containing useful and valuable information on the following subjects : adulteration of paint, blistering of paint, brushes, calcimining, carriage painting, china painting, colors, color harmony, color mixing, color testing, exterior painting, gilding, graining, house painting, marbling, mildew, oils and driers, oil painting on glass, painting a bath tub, painting in distemper, paperhanger's tools, paperhanging, pigments, plain oil painting, primary colors, priming, scenic painting, sign painting, stains, staining, stencilling, turpentine, varnishes, varnishing, water color painting, when not to paint, practical points on painting, useful information (1908)
Armstrong, George D · Chicago : F.J. Drake · leaf 379
be described. Stencils may be cut in vellum, paper,parchment, lead foil, and thin brass, the two latter areunsuitable to the requirements of the decorator, the leadfoil being used principally by glass writers and embossers.Having prepared the paper, the process of cutting out willbe found to demand… … Fig. 93. diversity of opinion as to the most suitable blade forstencil cutting. The ordinary penknife blade is scarcelygraduated enough for the purpose, for sweeping round thecurve in the pattern shape. In cutting, the knife should be held firmly between theforefinger and thumb, the thicker part of…
