Brown, William Norman · London, Scott, Greenwood & Son; New York, D. Van Nostrand Co.; [etc., etc.] · leaf 150
House Painting and Decorating 146 We are told by history that a certain early monarch affixed his signature to his decrees by the aid of a stencil plate, through which he traced the characters which formed his name. Before the epoch of cheap paperhangings, white- washed and distemper - coloured… … Fig. 83.— Borders. covered with simple patterns by the aid of stencilling. But when the paperstainers improved their wares, and greatly reduced their prices, distemper stencilling became quite obsolete. It has, however, been revived in our own day as a means of decorating painted surfaces, with…
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