CONTENTS
PAGE - INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
1 PART I PAINTING-GROUNDS - CHAPTER
I. PAPER, VELLUM, IVORY................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................7 II. PLASTER, GESSO, STONE, SLATE, ETC.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................18 III. PANEL................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................29 IV. CANVAS................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................34 PART II VEHICLES AND VARNISHES V. OILS................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................45 VI. RESINS, WAXES, AND SOLID PARAFFINS................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................68 VII. YOLK AND WHITE OF EGG ; SIZE ; GLUE................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................84 VIII. GUM, STARCH, DEXTRIN, HONEY, AND GLYCERIN................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................91 IX. WATER-GLASS, LIME- AND BARYTA-WATER................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................100 X. SOLVENTS AND DILUENTS................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................106 XI. SICCATIVES OR DRYERS................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................125 XII. VARNISHES AND VEHICLES................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................130
