- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Wiley (Jun 29 1995)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0471144118
- ISBN-13: 978-0471144113
- Product Dimensions: 21.7 x 1.7 x 25.7 cm
- Shipping Weight: 993 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,745,969 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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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.
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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.
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Extensive accounts of the day-to-day work of colonial painters exist only for Boston but similar if less abundant records in other major port towns begin about the time of the American Revolution and continue into the early years of the new republic. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
Extensive accounts of the day-to-day work of colonial painters exist only for Boston but similar if less abundant records in other major port towns begin about the time of the American Revolution and continue into the early years of the new republic. Read the first page
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