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A manual for china painters, being a practical and comprehensive treatise on the art of painting china and glass with mineral colors (1907)

Monachesi, Nicola di Rienzi · Boston, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard co. · leaf 91

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68 A MANUAL FOR CHINA-PAINTERS For raised paste and gold, special brushes are made. These are somewhat longer than the or- dinary painting-brushes, and are known in the trade as Trenton tracers. (Cut No. 11.) For very fine lines, it is frequently necessary to cut off the outer rows of hairs. This… … brush, capable of fine work, with a long, sharp point. A red sable liner No. i should be kept exclu- sively for india-ink, and should be marked in some way on the handle to prevent its being used Cut No. 13. for painting. It is equally important never to use a painting-brush in the india-ink.…

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