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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
  
Thin solutions of [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=white%20shellac white shellac] dissolved in [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=ethyl%20alcohol ethanol] were used as a size for [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=gesso gesso] and as an [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=adhesive adhesive] in gold tooling and blocking.
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Thin solutions of [[white%20shellac|white shellac]] dissolved in [[ethyl%20alcohol|ethanol]] were used as a size for [[gesso|gesso]] and as an [[adhesive|adhesive]] in gold tooling and blocking.
  
== Sources Checked for Data in Record ==
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==Resources and Citations==
  
 
* Ralph Mayer, ''A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques'', Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)
 
* Ralph Mayer, ''A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques'', Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)

Latest revision as of 15:53, 30 May 2022

Description

Thin solutions of White shellac dissolved in ethanol were used as a size for Gesso and as an Adhesive in gold tooling and blocking.

Resources and Citations

  • Ralph Mayer, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)
  • Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982