Painted tapestry and its application to interior decoration : practical lessons in tapestry painting with liquid colour (1879)
Godon, Julien, Lechertier, Barbe, & Co. List of colours and materials for tapestry painting, oil painting, &c. 1879 · London : Lechertier, Barbe, and Co. · leaf 76
50 PAINTED TAPESTRY. as follows : Let a B c d (fig. 1) represent the stretcher. After having pinned the canvas at the corners and middle, the stretcher is raised up in order to fasten the side a b [straight in the grain) by gently piilhng from a to b. The temporary sprig in the middle of the side a… … t> c ened by pnUing from a b, and that corner is permanently fastened. The corner c is next tightened by a pull from c to B so as to get the same number of strands or ribs between c and b as there are between a and d ; . the side c d is nailed, keeping the rib parallel to the edge ; and so on with…
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