School of painting for the imitation of woods and marbles

Abstract

Originally published about 1880, this is an unchanged reprint of this rare folio-sized work. The authors won prizes for their art at the expositions in London, 1870; Vienna, 1873 and a first prize at Philadelphia, 1876. The large sized plates, handsomely printed in chromolithography, include walnut, St. Remi marble, ash, brescia marble, maple, white marble, mahogany, etc. The quality of the plates is very high; they were printed by Armand Lithography, Amsterdam. As stunning as are the plates, the text is of equal importance and includes a series of 7 black and white illustrations which show paint brushes, graining combs, and other tools and techniques. Illustrated directions for this formerly secret craft technique are rare.