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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 ... directions for stenciling ... also a complete body of information on the art of staining and painting 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.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - British Imprints 1841 Whittoc
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Whittock, N. (Nathaniel), 1791-1860.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Decoration and ornament.
- Glass painting and staining.
- Painting, Industrial.
- Graining.
- Marbling.
- Physical Description:
- 364 p., 91 leaves of plates (some col.) ; 30 cm.
- Other Title:
- Painters' and glaziers' guide
- Place of Publication:
- London : Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, 1841.
- Notes:
- "Specimens of marbles ..." (from the 1832 ed.): p. 333-358.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Exhibited: "Painting the Town Victorian: Selecting Colors for Historic Buildings," at the Athenaeum of Philadelphia, 1996-1997.
- Athenaeum copy: Dornsife/VSA.
- OCLC:
- 3488010
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