Paret, Anna Parmly, [from old catalog] ed · New York and London. Harper & brothers · leaf 154
loth, pongee silks, denim,and mummy-cloth are all favorites with block-printers. Asunbleached muslin is inexpensive and easy to print, it isa good choice for the beginner. Mummy-cloth is particu-larly well adapted to the process (see Fig. 3). The materialmust be stretched taut on a rough table or… … Fig. 3 so that it is most important to have the exact place indi-cated where the printing must be done. Then proceed topress the block face downward on the material. This willleave a delicate imprint. If a strong impression is pre-ferred, the back of the block must be hammered with ^ BLOCK-PRINTING…
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