The carriage painters' companion : with sample cards of all the colors used in carriage work, also practical hints and directions as to the best mode of applying the same, and the proportions for making the best groundwork for lakes and carmines, with other useful and general information, the result of 25 years practical experience in the paint shop
The Carriage Painters' Companion is a trade manual published in New York in 1871 by John W. Masury, written for carriage and wagon painters and containing sample colour cards with practical application notes. Its pictures are display-type trade title pages, with ornate lettering on cream paper, and a designer might take its decorative mixed typography and advertising layouts from them.
