Our homes and their adornments; . HOW TO MAKE AND USU SCREENS. 267 the bottom. A screen of three panels, each five feet highand twenty inches wide, is perhaps the best balanced. Theillustration here given will furnish all necessary details bet-ter than a Fig. 59- Ebonized wood is undoubtedly the favorite wood, as itenhances the beauty of all sorts of decoration. The follow-ing is an excellent recipe for Ebonizing Wood, Though a good carriage-maker can do better than anyamateur workman: Put a quarter of a pound of best sizein a stone pot, with sufficient water to cover it. Set it
Our homes and their adornments; . HOW TO MAKE AND USU SCREENS. 267 the bottom. A screen of three panels, each five feet highand twenty inches wide, is perhaps the best balanced. Theillustration here given will furnish all necessary details bet-ter than a Fig. 59- Ebonized wood is undoubtedly the favorite wood, as itenhances the beauty of all sorts of decoration. The follow-ing is an excellent recipe for Ebonizing Wood, Though a good carriage-maker can do better than anyamateur workman: Put a quarter of a pound of best sizein a stone pot, with sufficient water to cover it. Set it on 268 OUR HOMES AND THEIR ADORNMENTS. the stove to melt, but do not let it boil. Then three cents?worth of lamp-black, and a little blue black to improvethe color, should be made to the consistency of paste withoil Upon this is poured the melted size, and the twomixed thoroughly together. Apply this while warm to thewood, and paint thickly enough to look solid. When quitedry, varnish with two coats of oil-copal varnish. Thisshould be done in a warm room free from dust. The var-nish is put on with a large brush, boldly, rapidly, andevenly. If the article is to have a polished appearance, two coatsof varnish will answer, but three or four varnishings will ben
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