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... from which brushes are made con- sists of the hair and fur of various animals , usually set in cement or in glue or in rubber , and bound onto the head which is usually of wood by either thread , Modern Painter's Cyclopedia 23.
... from which brushes are made con- sists of the hair and fur of various animals , usually set in cement or in glue or in rubber , and bound onto the head which is usually of wood by either thread , Modern Painter's Cyclopedia 23.
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... hair is much inferior to the old native and the great bulk of American bristle is inferior to the European impor- tations . SIBERIAN OX HAIR . 18. Siberian ox hair of the Modern Painter's Cyclopedia 25.
... hair is much inferior to the old native and the great bulk of American bristle is inferior to the European impor- tations . SIBERIAN OX HAIR . 18. Siberian ox hair of the Modern Painter's Cyclopedia 25.
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Frederick Maire. SIBERIAN OX HAIR . 18. Siberian ox hair of the best quality is said to be the clippings of hair from the inside of the ears of the Siberian ox . Whether other parts of the growth on the body is not also used seems ...
Frederick Maire. SIBERIAN OX HAIR . 18. Siberian ox hair of the best quality is said to be the clippings of hair from the inside of the ears of the Siberian ox . Whether other parts of the growth on the body is not also used seems ...
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... hair claim them to be better than anything else . SABLE HAIR . 21. Sable hair of both the red and black variety are very highly esteemed by artists , decorators , sign writers and stripers . They are rather expensive but as they are ...
... hair claim them to be better than anything else . SABLE HAIR . 21. Sable hair of both the red and black variety are very highly esteemed by artists , decorators , sign writers and stripers . They are rather expensive but as they are ...
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... hair . See Fig . 3 for the shape of as " stucco wall " brushes . Some are also made by 05 STUCCO OK metal bound wall , and Fig . 4 for the " stucco or leather bound . " d . Round bristle paint brushes are made in many qualities ...
... hair . See Fig . 3 for the shape of as " stucco wall " brushes . Some are also made by 05 STUCCO OK metal bound wall , and Fig . 4 for the " stucco or leather bound . " d . Round bristle paint brushes are made in many qualities ...
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Page 393 - It certainly is not in good taste to stain woods in colors which do not belong to them, as blues, greens, etc., and while this is a free country, etc., as long as a person is not sent to the penitentiary for committing outrages against nature, nor to insane asylums, it is very probable that the practice will go on undisturbed. But it is vulgarity, to say the least of the practice, and painters should not encourage it.
Page 63 - With all the cheap John sort of plastering that is being done by contractors at a price which would mean a sure loss to them if they used good material, but which must be done so as to make a profit anyhow, many of the surfaces the calciminer has to 'deal with will be found very porous and absorbing...
Page 448 - ... surface. The crepe paper, cheese cloth and burlap also produce fine, simple patterns but slightly different from each other. The heavy muslin when crumpled up into a wad gives an especially pleasing pattern resembling the figure of Spanish leather when done in the burnt umber or Van Dyke brown ovef a ground coat of ivory.
Page 63 - An ideal wall to work upon is one that will be sufficiently hard to have but little suction, nearly but not quite non-absorbent. The patent plastered walls left either in a...