| Description |
xxii, 263 pages : illustrations, ; 19 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Materials used in mending -- Mending broken china, porcelain, crockery, majolica, terra-cotta, brick and tile work -- Mending glass, together with several allied processes: approved cements-silicate of soda -- Wood-shaving in mending and making many objects-ornamenatl work of shavings-marquetry-repairing panel pictures with shavings -- Repairing woodwork -- On repairing and restoring books, manuscripts, and papers, with directions for easy binding and paper-mending-the ravages of book-worms -- Papier-mache: repairing toys-making grounds for pictures and walls-carton-cuir and carton-pierre -- Mending stone work: mosaics-ceresa-work-porcelain or crockery mosaic -- Repairing ivory -- Repairing amber: how to perfectly re-join broken amber, and to imitate it-how to melt amber in fragments to a single body -- Indiarubber and gutta-percha: mending indiarubber shoes and making garments waterproof, with other applications -- Mending metal-work or repairing by means of it: fireproof cements, with iron binders -- Repairing leather-work: trunks, shoes, or in any other forms-joining straps-making cheap shoes -- To mend hats, blankets, and similar fabrics by felting -- Invisible mending of garments, laces, or embroideries -- Mending mother-of pearl and coral -- Restoring and repairing pictures -- General recipes |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Subject |
Repairing.
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