Author: Hughes, Richard
Decorative arts
Published on 4 February 1991 by Thames & Hudson Ltd in the United Kingdom.
Hardback | 372 pages, 55 Illustrations, black and white; 220 Illustrations, colour
288 x 215 x 37 | 1672g
The techniques of metal colouring, bronzing and patination are assuming a new importance in contemporary fine metalwork and design. Richard Hughes and Michael Rowe have assembled and tested the recipes included in this book, which is the most comprehensive work on the subject currently available, an essential reference and sourcebook for practitioners and all those involvoved in sculpture, architecture, designs and the decorative arts. It brings together hundreds of recipes and treatments previously scattered in a variety of old books and technical papers, and provides the artist-craftsman with a very wide range of coloured finishes.