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Title: Repoussé work for amateurs : being the art of ornamenting thin metal with raised figures
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Haslope, L. L
Subjects: Repoussé work
Publisher: London : L.U. Gill
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
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used are not of much consequence;the best way is to make it as strong as possible, and diluteit when required for use. I always keep a large bottle of thisstain by me, as it comes in useful for a great variety ofpurposes. If the wood has to be varnished, it must have oneor two coats of size as soon as the stain is dry. The best woods for staining are beech, sycamore, lime, andHonduras mahogany. I do not purpose to enter into the details of picture-framemaking, as it is a difficult art, and holds a very subordinateposition with reference to Repousse Work; I shall thereforeconfine myself to giving a few hints as to the best style offrames for our purpose.* * Further particulars as to frame-making may be found in Picture-frame Making for Amateurs (L. Upcott Gill, 170, Strand, London). 86 REPOUSSE WORK FOR AMATEURS. Mounted Brasswork.—Fig. 42 shows piece of brassworkmounted, with two sconces in front of it. This frame was madeof German moulding, lin. wide, of a reeded pattern, and dead
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Fig. 42. Brasswork Fitted with Sconces black in colour. The crossbars were halved into the sides ofthe frame—that is, the upper portion of each bar was cutaway, and the lower part of the frame recessed to receive it.When these were accurately fitted together they were secured MOUNTING. 87 with wood screws. In cutting the bars, great care should betaken that they are all exactly the same length, or a gap willbe left, which will look very unsightly and unworkmanlike. Flush Frames.—These are made of various shapes, to suitdifferent classes of work. The round ones should be turned in alathe, and the square and oblong ones framed together, so thatthe end way of the grain of the wood will not show; this alsoprevents them from splitting. Elaborate mouldings are notsuitable for covering with plush. My readers will find thatnothing looks better for this sort of frame than what is calledthe thumb mould, from its resemblance to a thumb reversed.After the frame is put together, and made quite

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