A previous post has already introduced the subject of a most useful work that was published in the 1930s - Parsons' Decorative Finishes. Subsequently I have used it as a 'prompt' for posts dealing with Water...
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Oct 31st, 2011
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Colour Ranges | Paint Technical |
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Parsons’ Decorative Finishes (14) – ‘WATER-TEX’ Plastic Paint
A previous post has already introduced the subject of a most useful work that was published in the 1930s - Parsons' Decorative Finishes. Subsequently I have used it as a 'prompt' for posts dealing with Water...
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Oct 30th, 2011
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Patrick |
Aesthetics | Colour Ranges |
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The Perfect Grey (or is it “Gray”?)
A sequence of very pale Pure greys produced by Papers and Paints (SC371-SC375). The sequence continues in gradual steps to off-black It is generally accepted that "Grey" is the English spelling for an achromatic or...
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Oct 11th, 2011
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Patrick |
Colour Ranges | Paint Technical |
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Parsons’ Decorative Finishes (13) – ‘Mosaico’ Metallic Paint
A previous post has already introduced the subject of a most useful work that was published in the 1930s - Parsons' Decorative Finishes. Subsequently I have used it as a 'prompt' for posts dealing with Imitation...
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Oct 5th, 2011
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Patrick |
Exterior | Government | Institutions | Portfolio |
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Admiralty Lookout
Admiralty Lookout - marked The Admiralty Lookout and Port War Signal Station, located at the southern limit of the grounds of Dover Castle, is set hundreds of feet above sea-level on the edge of the White Cliffs of...
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Oct 5th, 2011
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Colour Ranges |
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Wartime Camouflage Colours
BS987C: 1942 - Camouflage Colours (1) This is a 'toe-in-the-water' blog. By that I mean that it makes no claim to be a definitive study of British camouflage colours of World War II, merely a distillation of my...
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Oct 2nd, 2011
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Colour Ranges |
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Parsons’ Decorative Finishes (12) – ‘Phaltic’ Bituminous Paints
'Phaltic' Bituminous Paints A previous post has already introduced the subject of a most useful work that was published in the 1930s - Parsons' Decorative Finishes. Subsequently I have used it as a 'prompt' for...
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Sep 26th, 2011
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Patrick |
Exterior | Portfolio | Private Houses | Residences |
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18 St James’s Square, London
King Street Facade - before History1 From 1727 to 1733 the newly built house on this site was occupied by Philip, Earl of Chesterfield, but Thomas Phillips retained the freehold until February 1733/4 when,...
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Sep 7th, 2011
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Colour Services | Portfolio |
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Locomotive Lamp
Occasionally I am asked to examine an object that falls outside the usual run of things. In this case it concerned the lamp from a late 19th century American locomotive that had been scrapped decades...
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Sep 4th, 2011
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Paint Technical |
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Gilt Leather
Gilt Leather - probably English. Second quarter of the 18th century "The distinct relief in which the patterns could be embossed, the brilliancy of colour of which the leather was susceptible, the high burnish which...
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