Varnish Colour Theory Millar Andrew (1 results)

8vo. 86 pp., plus 15 pp. illustrated publisher's ads. Frontisp. advertisement, 54 scumbling & glazing paint samples tipped-in. Blue-green publisher's cloth, gilt lettering on front cover & spine, embossed ruling (slight shelfwear, very slight bumping to corners), still a VG bright copy. First edition of this fascinating and scarce work on scumbling and glazing print processes. Scumbling was revived in the Victorian era which included a process of applying one coat of paint over another of a different colour, and then the top coat would be wiped by a wet cloth exposing portions of the underlying coat, creating an almost infinite variety of decorative effects on walls, furniture, ornamental details, and more. Glazing covered an opaque ground colour with a coat of transparent paint, and mixed with scumbling could create beautiful wood grain effects often seen on carriages, and advertising signs of the period. See: Roy Osborne, Books on Colour 1495-2015: History and Bibliography, 2005.