Pearce, Walter John · London : C. Griffin · leaf 255
in differentschools of graining. These differences are the result of variousmen working out their own ideas by means of their own devis-ing. Some of them are highly ingenious. It is not within thescope of this work to explain minutely the modus operandi ofgraining each particular wood or marble,… … RAINING, or painting in imitationof woods, must in all cases be doneupon a good foundation devoid ofabsorbent properties, unless weinclude in the term the processesused in improving or adding tothe grain of wood. The improvingof wood is produced by the sameprocesses as here described forgraining.…
House painting · Interior decoration
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