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Directions for painting on china for amateurs

Klimke, August · 1890 · Dresden, Germany : Müller & Hennig · 24 pictures

A late nineteenth-century Dresden manual by August Klimke, published by Müller & Hennig, teaching amateurs how to paint decoration on china. Its pictures are plain wood-engraved views of tools and equipment: a dusting knife, an erasing knife, a lidded wooden paint box with a fitted tray of glass bottles, and a small adjustable easel, drawn with clean outlines and little shading, useful for designers wanting an authentic Victorian workshop look.

China painting

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