Nat’l Portrait Gallery: British picture framemakers, 1630-1950 External link:

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The Painter, Gilder And Varnisher’s Companion Extremely thorough guide to materials, tools and methods of the professional “paint mechanic”, the master craftsman specialist in house paints, varnishes and other decorative surface finishes. Download

The Gilder’s Manual by Jesse Haney and Company, New York, 1876 Download:

Mounting and Framing Pictures by Paul N. Hasluck, 1906 Download

Cyclopedia of painting : containing useful and valuable information on the following subjects : adulteration of paint, blistering of paint, brushes, calcimining, carriage painting, china painting, colors, color harmony, color mixing, color testing, exterior painting, gilding, graining, house painting, marbling, mildew, oils and driers, oil painting on glass, painting a bath tub, painting in distemper, [...]

How to Paint Photographs in Watercolor and Oil, 1871 by George B. Ayres Download

Valuable Secrets concerning Arts and Trades (download) by Claude Jombert

Treatise on Carriage and Sign Ornament (download) by Orson Campbell, 1841

Everybody’s Paint Book (download) by F. B. Gardner