The painters' encyclopædia. Containing definitions of all important words in the art of plain and artistic painting, with details of practice in coach, carriage, railway car, house, sign and ornamental painting, including graining, marbling ... and valuable hints and helps in scene painting, porcelain painting, plain painting, distemper painting, and all work in which a brush, pencil or palette is used (1887)
Gardner, F. B. (Franklin B.) · New York, M.T. Richardson · leaf 77
at bristle brush isused—see cut—made of all white bristles, boundin copper, brass or galvanized iron. It hasalways been a difficult task to make a wall brushto stand the hard usage it generally receives,but now that machinery of the most approvedpattern has been introduced in the brush factorythese… … Fig. 10.—The Flat, Bristle Varnish Brush. Flat Bristle Varnish Brush.—These are made ofthe best white bristles, set with glue, doublednailed, soft yet very elastic, with chiseled points.They are considered the best brush made by manyof the best varnishers. They are put up in sets,as shown in the…
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