Household elegancies : suggestions in household art and tasteful home decorations (1876)
Jones, C. S., Mrs, Williams, Henry T · New York : H. T. Williams · leaf 206
e with a soft camels-hair varnish-brush;commencing by painting around the edges of the design first with a small brush,then continuing out upon the surface; using care not to touch any parts asecond time, until the first coat has dried for ten or twelve hours. Paint untilperfectly black; then dry… … 204 HOUSEHOLD ELEGANCIES. dark lines. Allow this to dry, and varnish the design with the fine Copal; andwhen dry rub down carefully but thoroughly with pumice-stone, finely pulver-ized, using a wet, soft flannel, and going over the whole surface; wash off withclear water, and when dry, re-varnish,…
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