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Traité théorique et pratique sur l'art de faire et d'appliquer les vernis : sur les différens genres de peinture par impression et en décoration, ainsi que sur les couleurs simples et composées ...

Tingry, P. F. (Pierre François), 1743-1821 · 1803 · Genève : G.J. Manget · 2 pictures

A French treatise on making and applying varnishes and on pigments and painting techniques, written by chemist Pierre François Tingry and printed in Geneva in 1803 for artisans and decorative painters. Its plates show workshop and industrial setups, including a large timber drying shed on a hillside beside a tub and channel, and a stone arch bridge with a small chapel in a plain engraved vignette.

Varnish and varnishing · Pigments

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