. The Decorator's assistant. other, for Gilding, a little honey in thick glue. 37. Etching Varnish. Take of white wax two ounces, and of blackand Burgundy pitch each half an oimce ; melttogether, adding by degrees two ounces ofpowdered asphaltum. Then boil until a droptaken out on a plate will break when cold bybeing bent double two or three times betweenthe fingers, when it must be poured into warmwater, and made into small balls for use. (To be continued.) Ancient Smoke.—According to Howard wefind that the ancients had not chimnies forconveying the smoke through the walls as weh
. The Decorator's assistant. other, for Gilding, a little honey in thick glue. 37. Etching Varnish. Take of white wax two ounces, and of blackand Burgundy pitch each half an oimce ; melttogether, adding by degrees two ounces ofpowdered asphaltum. Then boil until a droptaken out on a plate will break when cold bybeing bent double two or three times betweenthe fingers, when it must be poured into warmwater, and made into small balls for use. (To be continued.) Ancient Smoke.—According to Howard wefind that the ancients had not chimnies forconveying the smoke through the walls as wehave; hence they were much infested with it ;hence, also, the images in the hall were calledfumosse, and December fumosus (smoky), fromthe use of fires in that month. They burnedwood, which they were at great pains to dry,and anoint with the lees of oil (amurca), toprevent smoke, hence, called ligna acupua,vel cocta, nefumum facient. * See also page 127, ante. THE DECORATORS ASSISTANT. 141 <©n ?^fraltiic <©tnament». O great space of timemust elapse, ere theimportance of thestudy of heraldry tothe decorator, willbecome obvious toall. Forming, as itdoes, a connectinglink between pastages and the present,its value even be-comes the greaterwhen we considerthat it affords an in-exhaustible varietyof ornament, thanwhich none could befound more appli-cable to the purposesof decoration. With-in the last centurj,the imperfect know-ledge of the sciencehas led to the perpertration of the most ri-diculous errors. Ata late meeting of the Decorative Art Society,Mr. Partridge observed, that frequent in-stances may be seen, even in St. Jamess-street and Pall Mall, as well as in theLondon Gazette and the Times, in which thesupporters of the royal arms are representedas crawling in mean-spirited positions, insteadof rampant, guardant, &c., as set forth in theblazonrj. He remarked, that he had notbeen able to detect an abuse of this kind,occurring before about the commencement ofthe pre
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