The decorative painters' and glaziers' guide : containing the most approved methods of imitating oak, mahogany, maple, rose, cedar, coral, and every other kind of fancy wood : verd antique, dove, sienna, porphyry, white veined, and other marbles, in oil or distemper colour : designs for decorating apartments, in accordance with the various styles of architecture : with directions for stenciling, and process for destroying damp in walls : also a complete body of information on the art of staining and painting on glass : plans for the erection of apparatus for annealing it, and the method of joining figures together by leading, with examples from ancient windows / by Nathaniel Whittock ; assisted by the most experienced practical artizans in every department of decorative painting and glazing.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whittock, N. (Nathaniel), 1791-1860.

Contributor:

Hinton, Isaac Taylor, 1799-1847, publisher.

Perkins Books and Archives Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Painting, Industrial.

Decoration and ornament.

Glass painting and staining.

Glazing.

Interior decoration.

Wood finishing.

Penn Provenance:

Meillear, John, 1804-1881 (inscription)

Meillear, Arthur (autograph, Ramsgate)

Physical Description:

iv pages, 3 unnumbered pages-332 pages, 86 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Other Title:

Whittock's Painters' guide PU

Place of Publication:

London : Published by Isaac Taylor Hinton ..., 1828.

Notes:

Colophon: I.T. Hinton, Printer ...

"The binder will observe that a few of the plates are erroneously numbered ..."--P. [5].

Errata on p. [6].

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Perkins Books and Archives Fund.

Fine Arts Rare copy imperfect: one plate wanting.

OCLC:

78819077