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lowing brief outline of a process that will answer equally well may be supplied:—Tnke a piece of good paper, of the size of the glass panel, and make upon it the required design. That shown in our illustration is formed by giving a. pleasing shupe to the panel by s scroll-work of pale gold color, beyond which the space is filled up with rich torquoisc blue, while the centre of the panel is left white—the ornaments upon which are green foliage turned up with pink. When the outline of the design is perfect, trace it on to another piece of drawing-paper of the same size, in order that it may be quite clean. Then size the paper with isinglass or gum-dragon, and color the ornaments with color ground in water, to which a. little isingluss size must be added. When the design is quite dry, out it out very accurately—cutting all the ground away—then dip the ornament so cut out into isinglass size, and while wet, lay on the glass in the position required, to which it will adhere closely. When
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perfectly dry, paint over the centre of the panel an opaque white ground, and on the other por tion a blue ground. The white may be simply White lead, with a little isingluss; the blue pole ultramnriue subdued with white, with the addi i; tion of a little emerald green to give the tor l quoise tone. These grounds should he painted p on very solid, as they serve also to fix and pro ‘ tect. the ornaments in their places. When dry, t the glass panels may be fixed inside the frame, 5 just as a simple pane of glass is put into a win 3 dow. Prepared as described, they will produce S the ofl‘ect of the richest porcelain, especially if i the design be good. The square roses, to re ' ceive the flower-pots, which surmount these pedestals in our illustration, may he constructed l in a precisely similar manner. They may either i be lined with zinc, so as to receive themselves ithe mould in which the flowers are planted, or E be merely the receptacles for a large flower-pot, ‘ which may be concealed with moss. W"
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Tnrs pattern, which may be seen in the front 3 is worked in short stitches of two threads each, of the number, is to be worked on n. rnther open Brussels net, and darned with A fine, soft- cotton. For sleeves especially it is particularly ofi'eelive; also for morning cups with long, wide strings. The pattern which forms the diamond
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leaving one hole of the net between each. This will be understood by referring to the engraving. It has a lighter appearance than as if done in continued lines. The small, intermediate sprigs are also darned.
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