This vintage handbook provides practical instructions in the art of
French Polishing - a wood finishing technique. Illustrated with diagrams
throughout, it is still of use to anyone interested in classic
woodcrafts and traditional wood finishing techniques today. Contents
include: Wood Finishing; Staining and Filling; Fadding; Colouring;
Bodying; Stiffing and Spiriting off; Ebonised and Ivory Finish
Ebonising; Faults and How to Avoid Them. Many early books are becoming
extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing this
vintage work, which has been carefully selected for its interest and
relevance to a modern audience, in a high quality and affordable
edition. It features a specially written new introduction and
reproductions of the artwork from the original text.