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Arts improvement: or, choice experiments and observations in building, husbandry, gardening, mechanicks, chimistry, painting, japaning, varnishing, guilding, inlaying, embossing, carving, preserving several things in their natural shape and colour, and in other arts and sciences profitable and pleasant. Extracted from the most celebrated authors in several languages; manuscripts, experiments communicated by several ingenious gentlemen, and the author's own experience / By T.S. [pseud.] [i.e. Thomas Smith?].

Neve, Richard

Date:: 1703

Credit: Arts improvement: or, choice experiments and observations in building, husbandry, gardening, mechanicks, chimistry, painting, japaning, varnishing, guilding, inlaying, embossing, carving, preserving several things in their natural shape and colour, and in other arts and sciences profitable and pleasant. Extracted from the most celebrated authors in several languages; manuscripts, experiments communicated by several ingenious gentlemen, and the author's own experience / By T.S. [pseud.] [i.e. Thomas Smith?]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$12. Of laying on Gold Size on a frame, or any other wooden Work. ibid. J 9. Of laying on Gold for Burn]filing ibid. 20. Of Burniftoing Gold, or Silver p. <58 21. of laying on Silver Side p. 69 ’ll. Of fame general Rules to be obfervedfor Gilding ibid. 23. Of Priming for Burmfhing on Wood that is notexpofed to the Weather ibid. 24. Of making Size to lay Gold on p. 70 25 .Of laying on the foregoing Size ibid. 26. Of another more eajic fort of Gold, or Silver Size p.71 27. Of Gilding Carvdor Embclliflid Figures, fo that none of the fine Strokes be loft in your work ibid; 28. Of Gilding in Cyl upon blac\wooden Work> as Figure Frames, or the like, whereby the Gold appears very fair ibid. 29. Of Drawing, or Gilding Figures with Shell Gold upon a blackGround • p. 72 30. Of laying on Pencil Gold, or Silver on Wood ibid. 31. Of making Wood of the colour of Gold, Silver, Copper, or Brafs ibid. 32 .Of Grinding Geld to lay on any Figures of Wood p. 75 33. Of Gilding Wood with Tin Tools that fhall near refemble Gold ibid, 34. Of an excellent way to gild with Silver upon Wood. ibid. 35. Of making Wood of a Silver Colour p. 74 3 6. Of making Bronze, or Powder of the colour of Gold to lay on Wood, &c. ibid. 37. Of making Bronze with Brafs ibid. .Of making Bronze to imitate what metal you pltafe. ibid. Seel:. 4 6. Experiments and Obfervations on making of Var nifties, and Varnifhing. —t f Of making a Japan, or China Varnijh P» 7$ 2. Cf making Indian Varnifh, or Vermix Japonica, by another F™cejs _ _ _ ibid. 3. Cf making Indian Varnilh ft to be ufed about Cabinets, Coaches, and fleb like work. P* 7$ 4. Cf making Seed-lack Varniffj iibid. 5* Of making Shell-Lac\-Varnifh p. 77 6. Of making the be ft white Varnifh p. 78 7. Of making white Vami ft) much infer tour to the former 79 Of making a Varnifh that will fem e a Draught, whether Gold-work, or Colour, from the Injuries of Tarvaftnng, and will give it a glofi p. 80$

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