Interior house-painting colours and technology, 1615-1840

by Ian C. Bristow

The study of historic architectural colour is a developing field, with information greatly in demand by all those with an interest in the redecoration of historic interiors. In this volume, the techniques and materials used in interiors by the early house-painter are described, providing comprehensive coverage for architects, historians, interior decorators, and others with a more general leaning to the topic. Hitherto, researchers have largely had to rely on studies of painting materials as applied to fine-art purposes; but although the fields overlap, the requirements of the house-painter, to whom cost was a vitally important consideration, led to significant differences, as this dedicated study makes evident. In addition to the pigments used, succeeding chapters, (drawing on both English and French sources) describe the oils, resins, solvents, and water-based media employed; while the second section of the book is devoted to the way these were applied, techniques used for the imitat