Plastering, plain and decorative. A practical treatise on the art & craft of plastering and modelling, including full descriptions of the various tools, materials, processes, and appliances employed ... together with an account of historical plastering in England, Scotland, and Ireland, accompanied by numerous examples (1899)
Millar, William, d. 1904, Robinson, G. T · London : Batsford · leaf 565
dge bearing on dotsof the required thickness. Thej- then start to straighten the whole surface by scraping off all thebumps which are inevitable by their method of application. For this purpose they use a tootheddrag. This is constructed of a steel blade about 8 inches long, toothed on one edge,… … No. I7S.—CARTOUCHE, FROM LVONS, FRANCE. French Plasterers. 441 they get a fair surface, by which time the scaffold is covered deep with plaster, in which they treadabout till the companions shovel it down off the scaffold. They then use the reverse end of thedrag, and so scrape the surface to a…
Plastering · Decoration and ornament, Architectural
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