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Decorating Magic (Magic S.) - Hardcover

Sutcliffe, John

 
9780711207011: Decorating Magic (Magic S.)

Synopsis

A practical guide to the craftsman decorator's "tricks of the trade", showing how to use contemporary materials and techniques to create a wealth of period effects and to simulate a wide variety of materials - from natural stone to rich damask.

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iginal approach to the art of interior decoration revealing the secrets of a wide range of techniques, effects and finishes

Includes

bambooing
-- battening fabric
-- bleaching bronzing
-- colour mixing
-- colourwashing
-- crossdragging
-- decorative painting
-- displaying pictures and objects distempering
-- dragging
-- fake and real panelling
-- gilding
-- graining
-- lacquering
-- liming
-- marbling
-- picking out
-- print rooms
-- ragging
-- simulating lapis lazuli
-- spattering
-- sponging
-- staining
-- stencilling
-- stippling
-- stone effects
-- storage tortoiseshelling
-- trompel l'oeil
-- washes and glazes

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