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 176
surfaces you can withcleanliness grain all in Distemper. Tops and bottoms of panels, corners, and different places,use the Half Roller, which you will appreciate the more you practice. The Rollers are useddamp, not wet, cleaning off with sponge and dry wash leather, as you proceed with your… … The apparatus consists of a Frame and Revolving Cylinder, the figure of the wood to berepresented being cut on the surface of the Cylinder, The designs are of the choicest des-cription. The Apparatus is very diu-able and expeditious, and has been found to give universalsatisfaction. The…
