Paint in America
The Color of Historic Buildings
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Author
Publication
1994-12-01 - National Trust for Historic Preservation
Language
English
Word Count
79,500 words, Guess
Page Count
318 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL8219704M
- ISBN-139780891332633
- ISBN-100891332634
- OCLC Control Number232000498
- OCLC Control Number30031602
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number94007463
- LibraryThing848550
- Goodreads1317569
Classifications
- LCCTP934 .P317 1994
Description
Since the time of the Lascaux caves (ca. 10,000 B.C.), people have been decorating and protecting their shelters with paint. The painter, according to one Victorian writer, was the most welcome of workers. The use of paint in the United States to achieve these twin goals - beauty and practicality - is definitively described in Paint in America. Leading architectural historians, paint conservators, and paint investigators describe historic paints and painting techniques, recount the process of paint research at sites such as Mount Vernon and Colonial Williamsburg, explain modern paint analysis, and outline the basic nature of paints. Special sections present a newly authenticated palette of colonial paint colors as well as a list of the most common pigments used from 1600 to 1850. With its 115 illustrations (90 in color), Paint in America is an indispensible guide for everyone interested in restoring exteriors and interiors to their historically appropriate colors.
Description
"Since the time of the Lascaux caves (ca. 10,000 B.C.), people have been decorating and protecting their shelters with paint. The painter, according to one Victorian writer, was the most welcome of workers. The use of paint in the United States to achieve these twin goals - beauty and practicality - is definitively described in Paint in America." "Leading architectural historians, paint conservators, and paint investigators describe historic paints and painting techniques, recount the process of paint research at sites such as Mount Vernon and Colonial Williamsburg, explain modern paint analysis, and outline the basic nature of paints. Special sections present a newly authenticated palette of colonial paint colors as well as a list of the most common pigments used from 1600 to 1850. With its 115 illustrations (90 in color), Paint in America is an indispensible guide for everyone interested in restoring exteriors and interiors to their historically appropriate colors."--Jacket.
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