Art's master-piece, or, A companion for the ingenious of either sex ... by C.K.
- 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.
- Link to this Item
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https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A47168.0001.001
- Cite this Item
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"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 May 17, 2024.
Contents
- title page
- THE EPISTLE TO THE READER.
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THE Curious Art OF DRAWING, AND Preparing for Limning or Paint∣ing in Oil,
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The Introduction to the Practice, in some things necessary to be pro∣vided for the proceeding in this Art.
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Of Drawing Faces, &c. - Of Colours useful in Limning or Painting, and other matters.
- Of Mixing or Tempering of Co∣lours.
- Of the first Operation or Sitting.
- Of the second Sitting or Opera∣tion.
- The third Sitting or Operation.
- For Drawing a Fair Complexion.
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Further Directions for Colouring Garments, &c. - Instructions how to Frame and Paint Landskips.
- To lay on Mezzatinto Prints on Glass.
- To Paint Landskips of Mezzatinto.
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Of Painting Figures this way, as Men, Women, &c. - How to Paint the Hair.
- Of Painting Garments or Drapery.
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The Curious Art and Mystery of Japanning.
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Several things necessary to be used in this Art,
&c. - Of Spirit of Wine.
- Of Gum Animae, Gum Lac, and Gum Sandarack.
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Of Shell Lac, White Rosin, Bo'e-Armeni
ck, and Venice Turpen∣tine. - Of Gum Elemi, Gum Arabick, and Gum Capal.
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Of Gambogium, Isinglass, Benja∣min or Benzoin, Dragons Blood, &c. -
Of Silver Dust, Brass Dust, Green Gold, Dirty Gold, Coppers, Pow∣der, Tin, &c. - Of Colours proper in Japaning.
- Seed Lac Varnish how to make it.
- Shell Lac-Varnish, how to make it.
- White Varnish, how to make it.
- General Rules for Varnishing.
- Isinglass Size, how to make it.
- Red Japan, to make it.
- Of the Dark-red.
- Of the Pale-red.
- An Olive coloured Japan.
- Chesnut coloured Japan.
- Blue Japan.
- Of Speckles, for the Adorning Japan'd Work.
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To lay on Speckles in Japan Work, &c. - Wood, how to overlay with Gold or Silver.
- The best Gold-Size at present in use.
- The best Silver-Size in use.
- section - 18
- To lay on the Gold, in order to Bur¦nishing.
- To Burnish the Gold-Work.
- To lay on Silver-Size.
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Several things necessary to be used in this Art,
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The Art of Gilding Mettals.
- To Prepare the Gold.
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To Gild with Gold, Silver, Copper, Brass, Princes Mettal, &c. - To heighten the colour of Gold.
- To Counterfeit Tortoiseshell.
- To Dye Wood a curious Red.
- To Stain a curious Yellow.
- To Stain or Dye Wood Black.
- To Stain Skins Green.
- An approved way to colour White Leather.
- To put a curious Black on Leather.
- To colour Leather a Bright Red.
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A curious FrenchYellow for Skins. - For a deep Blue, or Purple.
- For a Crimson Colour.
- To Imitate the Turkey-Blue.
- For a Light Green.
- To Cover or Dress-Skins with Gold or Silver.
- To Dye Bristles a Red Colour.
- Feathers or Bristles Green.
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Or Dying Silks, Stuffs, Cloths, Thread, and other things, of divers curious Colours.
- To Dye Silk a Sanguine Colour.
- To Dye Silk a deep Carnation.
- To Dye Silk Quoins Red.
- To Dye a curious Yellow.
- To Dye Silk a Rose-red.
- A good Black Water, for Silk or Cloth.
- To Dye Purple.
- To Dye a very fair Blue.
- Carnation.
- For a Pleasant light Red.
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Black for Velvet, &c. - To make Red Water for Silk or Woollen, Violet, Green, Azure or Yellow.
- To Dye Woollen, Yarn, or Wool.
- To make Bran-water.
- To make Grey Florrey.
- To Dye Linnen with Crampenade.
- To Dye a good Red in Linnen, Thread, or Cloth.
- The Art of Perfuming.
- Pastils or Perfumes, of divers kinds.
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osmeticks, or Curious Re∣ceipts for Beautifying the Face, Hands, or any part of the Body. - Benjamin-Water, an excellent Beautifier.
- To prepare Spunges for the Face.
- To cause a Fair, Clear Complexion.
- To cause a Fresh-coloured Com∣plexion.
- To make a Clear-Pale Complexion▪
- A Pomatum to Refresh the Com∣plexion, and take off Pimples and Redness.
- To take away Freckles.
- A Pomatum, to Plump the Lips and Cheeks.
- A Liquid Past, to Wash the Hands without Water.
- To make a Soap that will take Greace, Spots, or Stains out of Cloth, Silks or Stuffs.
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Sweet Pouders or Perfumes,
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Wash-balls Perfumed,
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Sweet-Bags, to make.
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To perfume Gloves, Fans, or Skins, with Flowers, &c. - Roman-Gloves, how to Perfume.
- How to Colour and Perfume Gloves, at once.
- Several sorts of Snuff, Solid and Liquid, how to Make and Perfume them.
- To Perfume Snuff with Flowers.
- Snuff, with Spanish-Perfume.
- How to take Spots or Stains out of Scarlet or Velvet.
- To take Iron-moulds, or Spots, out of Linnen.
- To Recover Faded Linnen.
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To make Pouder-Inks, as the
London-Pouder-Ink, &c. and Liquid Shining Japan-Ink. - Receipts for the Cures of sun∣dry Diseases and Grievances, Incident to Men, Women and Children.
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The Introduction to the Practice, in some things necessary to be pro∣vided for the proceeding in this Art.