The practical book of period furniture, treating of furniture of the English, American colonial and post-colonial and principal French periods (1914)
Eberlein, Harold Donaldson, McClure, Abbot, 1879- · Philadelphia, London, J.B. Lippincott Company · leaf 362
nd of this section. The following is a wax polish recipe preserved formany years in an old Philadelphia family. It may beused for a finish where the wood has been given a firstdressing of oil, but may also be profitably used as aweekly polish on any furniture: Melt a lump of bees-wax of sufficient… … THOMAS SHERATON 261 consistency. Polish with a soft flannel cloth, using onlya small portion of the mixture at a time. Rub brisklybut not too hard.1 1 PoLisn— .... The method of polishing amongst cabinet-makers is various, as required in different pieces of work. Sometimes theypolish with beeswax…
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