Decoration & furniture of town houses; a series of Cantor lectures delivered before the Society of arts, 1880, amplified and enl. (1881)
Edis, Robert W. (Robert William), 1839-1927 · New York, Scribner and Welford · leaf 79
e publicby Messrs. Wilcock and Co., of Leeds, and seems welladapted for the use of external and internal wall deco-ration ; it is made out of a very fine quality of fire-clay,composed of almost pure silica and alumina, will resistintense heat, and is therefore well adapted for fire-places and… … OF TOWN HOUSES. 57 purely machine-made work. The clay, when modelledto its required form, is subjected to great heat andafterwards finished with a coloured and glazed surfacein the usual manner. The various glazes and coloursused are all metallic oxides, which, being completelysaturated into the…
Interior decoration · Furniture
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