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Page 29 - Titian, &c. but when I gave them this air of barbarous basreliefs, they succeeded to a miracle : it is impossible at first sight not to conclude that they contain the history of Attila or Tottila, done about the very aera.
Page 77 - I would have you finish it as soon as you can, thus: paint the wainscot a dead white, paper the walls blue, and tack the gilt border round just above the surbase and under the cornice.
Page 77 - ... you finish it as soon as you can, thus: paint the wainscot a dead white, paper the walls blue, and tack the gilt border round just above the surbase and under the cornice. If the paper is not equally colored when pasted on, let it be brushed over again with the same color, and let the papier mache musical figures be tacked to the middle of the ceiling. When this is done, I think it will look very well.
Page 28 - Ancients which are now remaining; in short, every Bird that flies, every Figure that moves upon the Surface of the Earth from the Insect to the human; and every Vegetable that springs from the Ground, whatever is of Art or Nature, may be introduced into this Design of fitting up and furnishing Rooms, with all the Truth of Drawing, Light, and Shadow, and great Perfection of Colouring.
Page 40 - Whenever you put up paper, the best way is to have it pasted on the bare wall: when lined with canvass it always shrinks from the edges.
Page 29 - ... never went entirely out of use. The following advertisement from the London Evening Post, of January 8, 1754, shows the trend of the fashion : BY THE KING'S PATENT The new invented paper-hangings for ornamenting of rooms, Screens, &c., are to be had, by the Patentee's direction, of Thomas Vincent, Stationer, neit door to the Wax-work in Fleet Street. Note. — These new invented paper hangings...
Page 76 - ... valuable combination known to the world as flour paste. There is in existence a memorandum in Washington's hand, which reads as follows: " Upholsterer's directions : " If the walls have been whitewashed over with glew water. If not — Simple and common paste is sufficient without any other mixture but, in either case, the Paste must be made of the finest and best flour, and free from lumps. The Paste is to be made thick and may be thinned by putting water to it. " The Paste is to be put upon...
Page 73 - Hotel, where we broke loose from all the moorings of propriety on beholding the paper on the dining-room wall, illustrating in brilliant colors the great events in sacred history. There were the Patriarchs, with flowing beards and in gorgeous attire; Abraham, offering up Isaac; Joseph, with his coat of many colors, thrown into a pit by his brethren; Noah's ark on an ocean of waters; Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sea; Rebecca at the well, and Moses in the bulrushes. All these distinguished personages...
Page 73 - ... the great events in sacred history. There were the Patriarchs, with flowing beards and in gorgeous attire; Abraham, offering up Isaac; Joseph, with his coat of many colors, thrown into a pit by his brethren; Noah's ark on an ocean of waters; Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sea; Rebecca at the well, and Moses in the bulrushes. All these distinguished personages were familiar to us, and to see them here for the first time in living colors, made silence and eating impossible. We dashed around the...
Page 37 - It would be a great pleasure to me to see my grand-children run about in the gardens. I do not question Lord Bute's good taste in the improvements round it, or yours in the choice of the furniture. I have heard the fame of paperhangings, and had some thoughts of sending for a suite, but was informed that they were as dear as damask is here, which put an end to my curiosity.