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Ladies' manual of art, Profit and pastime : a self teacher in all branches of decorative art : embracing every variety of painting and drawing on china, glass, velvet, canvas, paper and wood : the secret of all glass transparencies, sketching from nature, pastel, crayon, drawing, taxidermy, etc (1887)

Philadelphia : American Mutual Library Association · leaf 201

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k the outlines of what black is to come out through the var- nish , take some thick brown paper, dip it in water, and squeeze it gently, spread it over the parts of the varnish you want to de- tach from the glass, and in a few minutes, by raising one edge of the black, it will instantly peel away…

Decorative arts · Art · Artists' materials · Taxidermy

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