Practical painting : and how to use the Heath & Milligan paints
A 1905 trade manual on paint and painting published in Chicago by the Heath & Milligan Mfg. Co., written by A. M. Heath and J. B. Campbell for painters and house decorators. The pictures are full-page plates of wood grain samples, each a close, cropped photograph of a board surface captioned with the species name, showing how different woods grain and figure when finished. A designer could use them as references for natural wood textures, grain direction and tonal variation in faux finishing or surface backgrounds.
