Hardcover
1885 · Boston
by Hale, Susan
Boston: S.W. Tilton and Company, 1885. Hardcover. G+. Covers show wear, soiling, and rubbing, as well as rings (likely from a cup set onto cover). Generally tight binding, though first few pages are only slightly loose and should be treated with care. Age tanning on pages, though overall clean except for a blue stain on the top corner of some rear pages.. Green cloth with gilt lettering. 293 pp. Approx 27 BW illustraitons. Cover title: Instructions in painting in oil and water colors on silk - satin - velvet - and other fabrics by Susan Hale, including lustre and Kensington painting. Spine title: Painting on silk, saltin, velvet, and other fabrics. Chapters of this book including drawing, design, selecting designs, pigments, colors (practical), colors (theoretical), light and shade, transparent water-colors, liquid colors, gouache or body colors, oil painting, painting on silk and satin, painting on velvet, lustra painting, inlaid painting, tapestry painting, water-colors on muslin etc., painting on gold paper, painting transparencies, painting on wood and leather, stencilling, and what to decorate.
(Inventory #: 167535)