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History and manufacture of floor coverings (1899)

Review Publishing Company, New York · New York, Review Publishing Co. · leaf 86

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yed to facilitatethe drying. When sufficiently dry and hard the cloth isplaced flat upon a platform, varnished, trimmed and rolledup ready for the market. The blocks used for printing are made of the best whitepine, thoroughly seasoned. They are about if inch thickand are faced with hard wood,… … YELLOW. BLUE. the superfluous wood. In order to get certain effects in theprinting some parts of the design may be cut or punchedin metal, these portions being then fastened to the faces ofthe blocks as required. The pattern to be used is drawn and painted in full onpaper, every color and part of…

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