Tag : Brunswick green

Country LIfe cover
Oct 20th, 2010 | | Patrick's Writing | No Comments

Palette of the Past – Exterior Painting

Palette of the Past - Exterior Painting by Patrick Baty This article was published in Country Life in 1992 as 'Palette of the Past'. Papers and Paints can be found here: View Larger...

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Chelsea
Oct 20th, 2010 | | Patrick's Writing | No Comments

The Colour of Chelsea

The Colour of Chelsea by Patrick Baty An article that I wrote for the Chelsea Society Journal. Papers and Paints can be found here: View Larger...

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Hill of Tarvit
Oct 20th, 2010 | | National Trust for Scotland | No Comments

Hill of Tarvit, Cupar, Scotland

In the early 20th century the Scotstarvit estate, south of Cupar in Fife, was bought by Frederick Bower Sharp. The Sharp family had made their fortune in Dundee, where they manufactured jute products (including...

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Picture 5
Oct 20th, 2010 | | National Trust for Scotland | No Comments

Culzean Castle

Culzean is perhaps the most romantic of the neo-Gothic castles designed and built by Robert Adam.  Built on the cliffs on the Ayrshire coast it has a magnificent grand oval staircase and extensive estate...

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Arnold Circus Bandstand
Oct 20th, 2010 | | Conservation | Exterior | Portfolio | Recent projects | 2 Comments

Arnold Circus Bandstand

The Boundary Estate is a housing development, formally opened in 1900, in the East End of London. It is situated in the north western corner of Bethnal Green in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and on the...

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Jul 10th, 2010 | | Paint Technical | 5 Comments

The World of Mythical Colour

"A short time ago the artistic world discovered that on garden gates, farm fences, etc., there was a most lovely blue-green colour to be seen sometimes. This was Brunswick green in a state of dilapidation, and was...

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10 Downing Street
Jul 6th, 2009 | | Paint Technical | 2 Comments

Some Thoughts on Front Doors (part 1)

Introduction Paint is used on external surfaces to provide: Protection, Decoration, or Identification …and very often it serves at least two out of three of these functions. Here it could be argued that all...

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