Titanated lithopone

Description

A white pigment composed of lithopone with dioxide titanium dioxide (up to about 15%). Titanated lithopone was mixed with oil as an interior wall paint and artist ground paint in the first half of the 20th century.

Synonyms and Related Terms

Tidolith; Titanolith

Additional Information

W. Bucher, Dictionary of Building Preservation, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1996.

Authority

• Ward Bucher, ed., Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996

• G.S.Brady, G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p.461

• Ralph Mayer, Ralph Mayer, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)