A treatise of japanning and varnishing, 1688

Abstract

This 17th century handbook on lacquering, gilding and decorative painting has been pleasantly reissued in modern type and not as a facsimile. It will be read with concentrated interest by museum personnel, restorers and by antiquarians generally. The exact descriptions of the materials and techniques along with the side comments of the author make for interesting reading as well as for instruction. The 24 pages of plates with their directions for working of the specific patterns were undoubtedly the source of many of the chinoiserie designs used at that time. -- AATA

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