Traité des couleurs pour la peinture en émail et sur la porcelaine... suivi de plusieurs mémoires sur... le travail de la porcelaine, l'art du stuccateur, la manière d'exécuter les camées..., le moyen de perfectionner la composition du verre blanc

Abstract

Originally published 1758. “D’Arclais was one of the best chemists of his time. The recipes contained in his book are few in number, but they are all the result of his own practical experiments. He discovered the preparation of a bright red obtained from iron, and he describes the process with great accuracy. Although he was not a professional painter, his advice for painting in vitrifiable colours, which is correct and clear, could not have been better expressed by a practical man.” - Solon, p. 7. Duncan, 329. Manning no. 7 (“In the introductory pages...artists are warned that if they do not succeed in preparing the colors of M. de Montamy, or in employing them, it will be their own fault!). (Charles Wood, Cat. 160)