Antique (Pre-Civil War) Flower Painting CD 1818! NR

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1818 Flower Painting Book by Brookshaw on CD!

If you are the first to bid on this auction, using the buy-it-now option, YOU WIN!! There is no chance of being outbid! DON'T WAIT!!

This would make a lovely and appreciated gift to your needleworking family, friends and co-workers!!!

 ~~~ Here is another lovely antique item!

~~~ This is an antique, 1818 Flower Painting Book by Brookshaw REPRODUCTION ON DISK! It includes 60+ silk/cotton thread crochet/knit/embroidery projects for your needlework pleasure. You can find the vintage silk/cotton/linen fabric/cloth and crochet/embroidery silks, linens or cottons on eBay to recreate the beautiful and unique items displayed in this item! You just have to hunt a little bit!!! :) "A New Treatise on Flower Painting or, Every Lady Her Own Drawing Master: Containing Familiar and Easy Instructions for Acquiring a Perfect Knowledge of Drawing Flowers with Accuracy and Taste: also Complete Directions for Producing the Various Tints."

~~~ Its 65 pages have been transferred to a disk for your ease of usage. No pages to get grimy, torn or lost. This CD-ROM contains a multitude of early 1800's expert guidance and instructions which may be used for making a plethora of lovely drawings and paintings of various flowers.

~~~ There are more than a score of lovely steel plate etchings and color plates demonstrating the floral painting techniques used through 1818. Scarce and intriguingly useful information jam-packed in these pages just waiting for your creative muse and expert touch!

~~~ The author suggests the information to be used for painting flower pots, table borders and worsted needlework. I imaging it can quite readily be utilized in china painting, toll painting items, free-hand stenciling of walls, furniture and walls, plus whatever your imagination can come up with! ~~~ Here is a list of just a portion of what is included in this historic treasure house (this particular CD-ROM contains 65 pages of techniques and color plate floral examples! Many, many illustrations!

~~~ This item contains patterns for the following rare, delicate, feminine and delightful flowers!

Jasmine

Myrtle-leaves

Young rose leaves

Lylac (lilac)

Rose leaves

Lark-spur

Hyacinth

Pink single

Michaelmas daisy

Geranium

Anemone

Nasturtium

Sweet Pea

Fuchsia

~~~ This wonderful item also addresses what particular "fundamental principles" one needs to utilize, i.e., pencil stroke styles, "holding the pencil" correctly, how to lay the tints correctly, paints to acquire, color pallets, how to mix the correct and varied "tints" needed to do this lovely and delicate work and more!

~~~ Here are some of the header from the book sections:

1. On Flower Painting

2. On Drawing the Outlines of Flowers

3. Directions on Mixing the Various Tints, in Addition to what has been Given Before

a) Blue

b) Pink or Rose Colour

c) Purples

d) Green Tints

e) Observations

f) Orange Coloured Tints

g) Yellows

4. Directions for Colouring

~~~ Whew! A lot of stuff here... I am sure it will keep you busy a long, long time! Lots of fun, easy to follow instructions with remarkably attractive results! I just love this information and am sure you will, too!

~~~The ladies of earlier times put their hands to such marvelous work and now you can too! These are beautiful items and sure to delight you and yours! These instructions are very clear and easy to follow and yet the experience needlewoman/needleperson will be capable of altering as per individual needs and artistic whim.

This book has been scanned onto CD-ROM using the Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF format. You will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader Software for viewing and printing of this eBook. This free software is available online at www.adobe.com. This is NOT a copy of another CD-ROM. You will receive an ORIGINAL CD of this resourceful book.

The text is viewed easily from your computer or you may choose to print each page of interested as you read this amazing book on the Art Deco era ribbon art. Every page has been meticulously scanned, cleaned and burned to preserve this ANTIQUE book's information and patterns to CD-ROM! The format of this resource has so many more advantages than the original book.

What are the benefits of an eBook?

* Every image and every page has been scanned to produce crystal clear images and you never have to deal with any crumbling old paper!

* These scans are completely sizable. You can enlarge and print according to your visual needs!

* Each page is saved in PDF format and is readily accessible using the Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0 software program. This program is very user friendly and allows you to print any one specific page/pages or the entire book!

* Each time you want to use an image, a page or pages you can print it out. Every one will be as crisp and clear as the last!

* Each CD-ROM comes in a protective case! Curious about the quality of these scans? Please contact me and I will forward an image for your own personal inspection! Scale it, edit it, print it to fit your needs and you are surely going to be quite pleased with the results! You will appreciate the attention taken in providing a TOP QUALITY PRODUCT that you will use for many years to come...

~~~ The REPRODUCTION you will receive is representative of the types of "elegant amusement" and expertise employed by our earlier feminine American culture!!! If you're into nostalgia like I am you will have many hours of enjoyment making/recreating vintage/antique needlework items for yourself or others dear to your heart just the way your great-grandmothers did!

~~~ I reformatted this information as best I could with the technology available to me. Most items are substantially better than my original. I am sure you will appreciate the care I have taken in providing as high a quality product as the original and pc technology allows. I believe this item will be used by you and yours for many, many years to come...

~~~ FYI: The quality of the finished product will vary with my auction items due to age and quality of the original items.

~~~ Thank you for viewing my auction! Please check my other auctions for a variety of interesting vintage & antiqued items by clicking on my Dakota Prairie Treasures Store link above.

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