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Creator:
Original Crystoleum Co. (London, England)
Title(s):
Metallicon Lustre pigments for textile painting.
Published/Created:
London, late 19th century.
Physical Description:
1 box (32 vials, 3 mixing trays, 3 brushes) ; box 22 x 17 x 6 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Watercolor Box 25
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Full Orbis Record:
http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/17007789
Classification:
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
Notes:
Six of the 32 vials are pigments for "Lustra painting" manufactured by James Elliott, 12 Langham Street (London).
The vials manufactured for the Original Crystoleum Co. (Alberta Caspar) bear the address 200 Regent Street (London). In addition to pigments, there is one vial for "Lustre Medium" and one for "Rectified Spirits."
Accompanied by: a printed advertisement from The Original Crystoleum Co. for Metallicon Lustre; two printed advertisements for James Elliott's Lustra painting; two manuscript receipts for Lustra paints purchased from Elliott.
Subject Terms:
Textile painting.
Form/Genre:
Artists' materials.
Paint boxes.
Watercolor brushes.
Advertisements.
Contributors:
Elliott, James.
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