1891 How to Apply Colors to China by Adelaide H. Osgood

A wonderfully unusual 1891 antique artist’s handbook devoted to the art of painting and decorating china.

Adelaide H. Osgood’s How to Apply Royal Worcester, Matt, Bronze, La Croix and Dresden Colors to China was written as a practical guide for amateur china painters, covering gilding, mixing colors, ground laying, relief paste, firing, decorative techniques, flowers, birds, and more. This copy is the stated Fourteenth Edition and retains its charming illustrated cloth binding and striking red page edges.

More than 130 years old, this is a beautiful piece of decorative art history—perfect for a collector of antique books, ceramics, traditional crafts, or unusual artist’s manuals. The work dates to 1891 and contemporary bibliographic records describe it as a roughly 210-page china-painting handbook.

Details:
• Adelaide H. Osgood
• A. H. Osgood, New York
• Copyright 1891
• Fourteenth Edition
• Illustrated cloth hardcover
• Red page edges
• Antique instructional art / china-painting book

Condition: Antique preowned condition with age-related wear, discoloration and handling consistent with a book more than 130 years old. Previous owner's name appears on the title page. Binding and interior should be reviewed in the accompanying photographs.