Geffrye Museum - Bronze Green door and Lead Colour balustrade The biggest problem with the naming of colour is the inevitable one of interpretation. Few more so than ‘Bronze Green’, which to some will conjure up...
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Aug 4th, 2014
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Colour Services |
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Chelsea Football Club
The Chelsea Football Club badge (1953-1986)1 One of the joys of working with colour is that it encompasses all aspects of life. Several of my projects take me into areas that I have little experience of and the...
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Aug 4th, 2014
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Patrick |
Colour Services |
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The Pink Panther
Pink Panther During the Second World War the paints employed for the camouflage of British armoured fighting vehicles and vehicles were supplied ready-mixed. They matched two British Standards colour ranges: BS381C...
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Aug 23rd, 2013
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Profiles |
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An Interview with Robert Elms on BBC Radio London
An interview with Robert Elms on BBC Radio London on January 15th 2013 can be heard...
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Jul 10th, 2013
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History |
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The Painter-Stainers Company and the House-Painter
A saddle from the Yi ethnic minority province in Yunnan province, China. Saddle has a leather base with lacquer overlay. Saddle bow to left hand side The earliest surviving ordinances of the Painters' Company date...
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Jul 9th, 2013
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History |
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The House-Painter (Part One)
City of London - The Great Twelve Livery Companies Little has been written about the house-painting trade from an historical perspective. Whilst only an initial survey, this essay sets out to look at the way the...
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Jul 7th, 2013
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Patrick |
History | Paint Technical |
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The Myth of Milk Paint
The Milk Maid by Winslow Homer. 1878 (National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA) Many Myths have grown up around the subject of traditional paints and painting processes. One that regularly resurfaces is that of...
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Apr 30th, 2013
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Patrick |
Aesthetics | History |
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1930s Paint Colours – An Introduction
Edwardian Interior ca.1907 by Harold Gilman (1876-1919) - Tate Sensory overload caused by clutter and the brightly coloured and strongly patterned wallpapers beloved by the previous generation was sometimes given as...
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Apr 12th, 2013
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Patrick |
Paint Technical |
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Lime Plaster and Subsequent Decoration
Dublin Plasterwork - with thanks to Richard Ireland The re-appearance of lime as a building product during the last twenty or so years has clearly brought many advantages especially in the restoration of historical...
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Jan 6th, 2013
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Patrick |
Aesthetics | History |
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Stone Colour
Entrance Hall - Roehampton House A recent project reminded me of an important point that one is frequently faced with when examining eighteenth century houses. It is something that often causes surprise especially...
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