Pintura simples
Pintura simples is a Portuguese painters' manual of 1898 by Francisco Liberato Telles de Castro da Silva, printed in Lisbon by Typographia do Commercio for trade painters and decorators. Its plates are colour swatches of faux marble and faux wood finishes, labelled in Portuguese with names such as Griotte, Gendrado and Mogno. A designer could take from them the marbled veining, burl grain and layered tonal palettes of painted surface imitation.
