A Complete Guide to the Ornamental Leather Work

By James Revell

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Good Press
• Release date: Nov 21, 2019
• ISBN: 4057664650580

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James Revell

A Complete Guide to the Ornamental Leather Work

Published by Good Press, 2022

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GENERAL REMARKS.

Revell’s Complete Guide to Ornamental Leather Work.

THE MATERIALS.

LEATHER.

DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING THE LEAVES.

TO HARDEN THEM.

TO STAIN THEM.

TO MAKE STEMS.

TO MAKE TENDRILS.

GRAPES.

TO ORNAMENT A FRAME.

THE PROPER KIND OF FRAMES TO PROCURE.

WATCH STANDS,

THE WHITE LILY.

FUCHSIA .

BRACKETS.

TO MAKE THE CONVOLVULUS FLOWERS.

THE CONVOLVULUS ANOTHER WAY.

HOPS.

PASSION FLOWER.

CAMILLA.

JESSAMINE.

DAISY.

ROSES.

OAK AND IVY BRACKET.

WATCH STAND FINISHED.

CARD RACKS

THE ROUND OPEN WORK FRAME.

TO MAKE ACORNS.

CHERRIES.

APPLES, &c.

Recipes.

TO MAKE SIZE FOR STIFFENING THE LEATHER WORK.

TO MAKE STIFFENING WHICH IS NOT AFFECTED BY DAMP.

TO MAKE MAHOGANY VARNISH STAIN, WHICH DRIES IN A FEW MINUTES.

SPIRIT OAK VARNISH STAIN

TO PRESERVE LEAVES AND KEEP THEM IN FORM FOR IMITATION.

TO GILD LEATHER WORK.

TO BURNISH GOLD.

BEE HIVES.

TO PAINT ORNAMENTAL LEATHER WORK.

A QUICK MODE OF STAINING.

DIRECTIONS FOR USE.

TO STAIN WOODEN ARTICLES.

SHAW’S LIQUID GLUE

LIST OF MATERIALS, &c., FOR THE ORNAMENTAL LEATHER WORK.

LIST OF VARIOUS ARTICLES, SOLD BY JAMES REVELL, 272, OXFORD STREET, LONDON.

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GENERAL REMARKS.

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We feel assured that a long introduction is neither requisite to the reader or publisher of a Work like the present, and shall, therefore, merely say, that the great success our former little Works have met with, has induced us to send forth this edition, in which will be found every particular connected with this very useful source of amusement and fashionable department of practical art. The illustrations are furnished by a late pupil of the School of Design, who obtained the highest prize for Flower Painting, assisted by a student of the

Royal Academy of Arts

. Every example given has been practically tested, and, in most instances, the drawings have been copied from the models executed in leather, and will be found to combine durability with beauty of design. In order to make the leather modelling as durable as possible, we have not departed from nature in the finished form, but in the mode of construction; for example, we make several portions of a flower in one piece of leather. The Narcissus and the beautiful White Lily have each six petals; in both instances, we make the entire corolla of the flowers in one piece; thereby, while losing none of the beauty of the natural form of the flowers, we gain strength and solidity; as, were the petals of the Lily or Narcissus to be composed of six pieces, one, if imperfectly cemented,