The definitive volume on how paint has been used in the U.S. in the last 250 years. Eminent contributors cover the history of this medium in American buildings from the 17th century to the end of the 19th century. Contains a survey of practices and materials in England, cutting-edge techniques used by today's researchers in examining historic paints, fascinating case studies and an important chart of early American paint colors. Explains how to identify pigments and media, how to prepare surfaces for application and apply paint. Includes the chemical properties of paint with a table of paint components, plus a glossary and bibliography. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
This gourmet guide to home decoration picks up where its top-selling predecessor, Recipes for Surfaces, leaves off. Illustrated with stunning full-color photographs and featuring more than thirty clear, concise recipes for everything from marble and metallic finishes to specialty finishes such as ragging, stenciling, and decoupage, Recipes for Surfaces Volume II helps you transform walls, doors, floors, and furniture into a visual feast.
In recent years, painted furniture finishes have become newly fashionable. This exciting how-to book shows the reader the techniques that are used to reproduce several of the most popular painted finishes once created in rural cabinet shops--graining, marbleizing, fantasy finishes, and scene painting. 150 full-color photographs.