The painters' encyclopædiaContaining definitions of all important words in the art of plain and artistic painting, with details of practice in coach, carriage, railway car, house, sign and ornamental painting, including graining, marbling ..and valuable hints and helps in scene painting, porcelain painting, plain painting, distemper painting, and all work in which a brush, pencil or palette is used . tely warm,for cold will affect varnish almost as badly as am-monia. Angle Fitch.—A small, flat brushwith the hair or bristles placed atan angle with the handle, usedby decorators in running lines
The painters' encyclopædiaContaining definitions of all important words in the art of plain and artistic painting, with details of practice in coach, carriage, railway car, house, sign and ornamental painting, including graining, marbling ..and valuable hints and helps in scene painting, porcelain painting, plain painting, distemper painting, and all work in which a brush, pencil or palette is used . tely warm,for cold will affect varnish almost as badly as am-monia. Angle Fitch.—A small, flat brushwith the hair or bristles placed atan angle with the handle, usedby decorators in running lines orstripes on flat surfaces. Anglo Japanese Work. — Orna-mented work done with autumnleaves, fastened by gum or cementto a painted surface. An old work-box or other like article is coatedwith ivory black, ground in brownjapan to dry quickly, after whichautumn leaves are laid on and AngliTfitchgummed securely in the order de- When dry the whole is varnished withseveral coatings of carriage rubbing varnish. Aniline Black Varnish.—The French have recent-ly brought out a beautiful black varnish made asfollows : Dissolve 7 drachms of antique blue, 2drachms fuchsine, 5 drachms napthaline yellow,in one quart alcohol. One application is suffi-cient to render any object an ebony black. Aniline Colors.—Aniline was discovered in 1826 byUnverdorben, as a product of the distillation of. ANTIQUE PAINTING. 29 indigo. It attracted immediate attention fromchemists, was made the subject of many research-es, which contributed greatly to enlarge the factsand theories of modern chemistry. But it did notacquire any commercial importance till 1856, whenW. H. Perkins prepared from it the beautiful pur-ple dye mauve. The brilliancy and intensity of this color attract-ed the attention of chemists and dyers, and in ashort time an entirely new series of colors wasdiscovered by which the art of dyeing has beenalmost revolutionized. Attempts have been madeto introduce colors made for th
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