Architects' manual of painting and decoration by Heath & Milligan mfg. co. Chicago

Author:Heath & Milligan mfg. co., Chicago. [from old catalog]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: House painting
Publisher: Chicago, Heath & Milligan manf'g co.
Published: 1891-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

ceiling to be laid off in panels in which must be painted ornaments in the early Renaissance style in the colors of the mahogany, old blue and gold. The walls must be treated in the same manner, as to ground and color, with an "all over" pattern stenciled in and relieved with hand work. This treatment to extend up to a proper architectural stopping place at the second floor landing. The ceiling over the stairway to be enriched in the same manner, but with a more effective design. Gold leaf gilding only on this work.

The walls and ceilings of the second and third floor halls to be painted smoothly four coats with a flat stippled finish. A dado, three feet above base board, to be put on in lincrusta walton (pattern selected) and painted two coats, the last coat in varnish gloss. Two shades of color to be used (matching the hardwood of the hall) to enrich the lincrusta dado. An eighteen-inch frieze of appropriate design to be painted at the top of the wall and a twelve-inch border over the top of the dado. The ceilings to be decorated with a design of interlaced lines of different widths, and outlined. The colors on the ceiling and wall decorations to be soft—old blue and shades of the ground colors. No bronze or imitation gold to be used on the above work.

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