Art's master-piece, or, A companion for the ingenious of either sex ... by C.K.

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Title
Art's master-piece, or, A companion for the ingenious of either sex ... by C.K.
Author
C. K.
Publication
London :: Printed for G. Conyers ... and J. Sprint ...,
1697.
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Subject terms
Painting -- Technique.
Decoration and ornament.
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Cite this Item
"Art's master-piece, or, A companion for the ingenious of either sex ... by C.K." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A47168.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2024.

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To Burnish the Gold-Work.

Take a Wolf or Dogs Tooth, if you cannot get Aggats or Pebles formed into the same shapes, and Burnish so much of the Work as you design, leav∣ing the Ground of the Carving untouched, and some other parts as you see best convenient, which in respect of the Burnish∣ing being rough, the better sets it off: That which is omitted to be Burnished, must be Matted, or secured with Seed Lac-Var∣nish

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or Lacker, if you design it a deeper colour, then must your Work be repossest or set off with Lacker, mixed with Saf∣fron and Dragons-Blood, or the colour called Ornator, and with a fine Pencil dipped herein, touch the hollownesses of the Carving, and the Veins of the Foldages or Leaves; if you fancy it is not deep enough, you may by a repetition make it so, and the Work is done.

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