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Adair on frames / compiled from Picture Framing Magazine

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Author:
Adair, William  Search this
Physical description:
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations, facsimiles ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2002
Notes:
Collection of the author's articles published in Picture Framing Magazine from 1990 to 2001.
Cover title.
At head of title: Picture Framing Magazine.
"PFM Seminars."
Photocopy.
Contents:
Frame fabrication and gilding: the intimate details -- Gilding and frame restoration -- Gilder's delight, bole -- Gilding the lily, a review of gold leafing techniques -- Making gold leaf behave -- Matte water gilding -- Gesso techniques for framers -- Sgrafitto -- Pastiglia, an Italian tradition -- Granito the early Italian technique of textured backgrounds -- Uncle Bob's crackle gesso -- Picture frame origins -- Dutch ripple -- George Washington's frames: a study in contrasts -- A new perspective -- In praise of the Rococo style -- The restoration of a gilded Rococo room -- American heroic frames Ohio State Capitol -- The American military trophy frame -- The American empire frame North Carolina State Capitol -- Monumental American frames Thomas Moran -- Portrait of an artist frame maker Ben Badura -- Whistler's frames, to save a butterfly
Topic:
Picture frames and framing--Design and construction  Search this
Picture frames and framing--Technique  Search this
Picture frames and framing--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1064118