Modern curiosities of art & nature extracted out of the cabinets of the most eminent personages of the French court : together with the choicest secrets in mechanicks, communicated by the most approved artists of France / composed and experimented by the Sieur Lemery, apothecary to the French king ; made English from the original French.

To make Frames, the Freezes whereof, shall on a Ground of burnisht Black be fill'd with Flow∣ers, either in Water-Colours, or Oil.

Having your Frame, or other Work pre∣pared with White, blackned and burnish'd, you shall Gild with burnish'd Gold, or Gold in Oyl, the Mouldings; then paint upon your Freeze Flowers in Water-Colours, af∣ter the manner of Limning. For to make them well, having drawn your Design upon the Freeze or Frame of your Picture, ei∣ther by pouncing, or otherwise, with Black-Lead, you shall lay on White mixed with Size, wherewith you shall draw the Plat∣form of the Figures, Flowers, or branched •…•…rks, which you desire to paint in Co∣lours, then paint thereon whatever you please. But if you will paint the Figures and Flowers in Oyl, you shall first lay it with White-Lead in Oyl, then being dry, lay your Colours in Oyl thereon. You may paint Flowers upon a white Ground, the White being well rusht and smooth, lay on your Water-colours after the manner of Limning.