On colour and paints; Pigments; Oils, driers, varnishes, etc; Tools used by painters; How to mix oil paints; Distemper or tempera painting; Whitewashing and decorating a ceiling; Painting a room; Papering a room; Embellishment of walls and ceilings.
Paul Hasluck was editor of both Building World, and Work, two weekly titles published by Cassell & Co. at the end of the nineteenth century. The bulk of the information in his books was contributed to the columns of those journals by experienced craftsmen. In the preface to this particular work, House Decoration, he specifically acknowledged the contribution of a 'well-known London decorator'.
- this small book is a masterpiece of decorating knowledge condensed into a small space. Salvo The book will be most useful as guidance for anyone wanting to create historic interiors since the advice it gives is clearly as close to the 'horse's mouth' as possible. The Victorian The book comes into its own for those members of the building profession who need to understand the techniques used in the context of interiors. - for art historians and others, the book would be useful background reading when researching the decoration of interiors for historic and vernacular buildings. Building Engineer
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