Notice catalographique « Plastering - plain and decorative »

Contents:

Glimpse of History: Prehistoric, Egypt, the Greeks, the Romans - Oriental

Development, The Middle Ages, The Renaissance, Sixteenth Century,

Decorative Growth in France and England - Decline in the Hanoverian Influence - Hopes for a Revival.

Historical Plastering in England, Scotland and Ireland: Primitive - Mediaeval to the Eighteenth Century- Notes on Old Materials, Plasterers' Wages, Hours, Victuals and Drink.

Materials: Manufacture of Plaster of Paris - Limes - Mortar - Hair - Sand - Mastic - Cements.

Portland Cement, Hydraulic Cements and Plasters - Lathing.

Lime Plastering: First-Coating and Rendering - Floating Screeding and Flanking - Setting - Stucco - Method of Working - Fixing and Mitring - Repairing Old Plaster and Gauged Work.

Decorative Ceilings: Panelled and Floating Panelled Ceilings - Modern Panelled Ceilings - Portland Cement Ceilings - Fibrous Plaster Panelled Ceilings - Gothic Ceilings - Groined Ceilings - Classic Panels.

Running Diminished and Circular Mouldings: Diminished Columns - Plain and Fluted Columns - Rim and Collar Method - Diminished Mouldings - Cupolas - Trammels - Templates -Plasteren' Oval - Coved Ceilings - Circular Mouldings.

Exterior Plastering: Cement Façades - Fining - Mouldings - Coloured Cement Façades - Pediments, Porticoes, Niches, Pedestals, Cornices, Columns, Arches, Balustrades, Windows - Sgraffitto - Fresco- Impressed Plaster Work.

Modelling: Principles of Modelling - The Modellers' Art, Handwork, Tools, - Modelling Clay, Plastilina, Pate Plastique - Ceiling and Wall Decorations in Modelled Plaster - Modelling in Cement, Wax - Modelling in Tow - Architectural Model Making.

Moulding and Casting: Plasterers' Shop - Squeezing, Casting and Moulding Wax, Waste Wax - Squeezing, Piece Moulding Clay - Plaster Waste, Plaster Moulds - Gauging Plaster and Casting - Casting White Cement, Moulding- Pressed Cement Work.

Model and Running Mould Making: Truss, Drameng and Model Making - Hinged Moulds - Diminished Models - Composites, Capitals, Centre Flowers, Mitres - Slippered, Radius, Hanging and Muffled Moulds- Notes on Running Moulds.

Gelatine Moulding: Manufacture and Uses in Moulding - Jelly Moulds - Cases - Moulding Clay, Truss - Open and Straight Moulds, Glue Moulds, Gelatine Casts and Indiarubber Moulds - Fibrous Plaster and Concrete - Interchangeable Moulds - Combined Gelatine and Plaster Piece Moulds.

Fibrous Plaster Work: Historical- Materials - Casting, Centre Flowers, Plain and Enriched Cornices, Plain and Enriched Fibrous Plaster, - Fireproof Fibrous Plaster- Casting in Plaster and Tow-Slabs - Gesso - Sgraffitto - Damp-Proof Fibrous Plaster Slabs.

Reverse Moulding: Uses and Terms - Setting Out - Reverse Casting, Cornices, Panel Mouldings,
Rib Mouldings - Capitals, Diminished Plain and Fluted Columns - Overdoors.

Compositions: Papier Mâché, Manufacture and Uses for Decoration - Carton-Pierre - Gesso - Patent Plaster Decorations - Dækoria - Smith's Patent Metal.

Scagliola: Artificial Marbles - Scagliola, Manufacture, Mixing - Colours and Quantities - Polishing and Fixing - Marezzo, Making and Polishing - Granite Finish - Granite Plastering.

Foreign Plaster Work: Saracenic - Plaster and Glass Windows - Persian, Moorish, Spanish, Indian, Chinese, Italian, French, German, Austrian, Belgium and Russian Plaster Work.

Terra Cotta: Modelling - Model Making - Moulding - Pressing - Drying - Firing - Fixing.

Concrete: Ancient - Fine - Aggregates - Sands and Cements - Paving - Pavements - Making Concrete Slabs - Concrete Mosaic - Staircases - Concrete and Fibrous Plaster - Floors - Ceilings - Roofs - Casting and Modelling in Concrete.

Rudimentary Geometry and Architecture: Mouldings - The Orders of Architecture - The Roman Orders - The lonic Pedestal - Impost and Architrave Mouldings - To Set Out Balustrades.

Tools and Appliances: Plasterers' Tools - Appliances and Plant - Labourers' Tools - Scaffolding - The Plasterers' Craft - Plastic Craft and Literature.

• Reprinted ed.
• First published by B.T. Batsford in 1897, in London.

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