The Painters' & grainers' handbook : a complete illustrated guide to painting, graining, distempering, sign-writing, gilding, and glass embossing ... (1873)
Callingham, James · London : Brodie & Middleton : Simpkin, Marshall · leaf 139
umb-hole of a palette; and sometimes there is a secondloop for the cutting knife. The following cut repre-sents a gilders cushion, and the method of holding it:— The knife is used for cutting the gold leaf upon t^ecushion. It has a long and flexible blade, with a per-fectly straight and smooth… … gilders cusiiion.
