The Artist and tradesman's companion
Subtitle: embracing the manufacture and the application of varnishes to painting and other branches of the arts; instructions for working enamel, foil, etc.; the art of glazing, imitation of gold color, tortoise-shell, marble, and art of staining wood and metal; imitation of fancy woods, granite, precious stones, silver, brass and copper; house-painting, carriage-painting, etc., with everything relating to the fine arts, etc., etc., entirely simplified
By: compiled by M. Lafayette Byrn
Publisher: Stringer & Townsend
Published: 1855
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
Subjects: Varnish and varnishing; Paint; Workshop recipes
Other titles: Artist, painter, varnisher's guide
Notes: Restricted: loose cover.