Finishes and finishing
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Broader terms:Narrower terms:- Lacquer and lacquering
- Metals -- Finishing
- Paint
- Painting, Industrial
- Stains and staining
- Surface preparation
- Textile finishing
- Varnish and varnishing
- Wood finishing
- Finishing materials
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Varnishes, Lacquers, Printing Inks and Sealing-Waxes: Their Raw Materials and Their Manufacture; To Which is Added, The Art of Varnishing and Lacquering, Including the Preparation of Putties and of Stains for Wood, Ivory, Bone, Horn, and Leather (Philadelphia: H.C. Baird and Co., 1893), by William T. Brannt (page images at HathiTrust)
- Urushi: Proceedings of the Urushi Study Group, June 10-27, 1985, Tokyo (Marina del Rey, CA: Getty Conservation Institute, c1988), ed. by N. S. Brommelle and Perry Smith (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)
- Urushi: Proceedings of the Urushi Study Group, June 10-27, 1985, Tokyo (Marina del Rey, CA: Getty Conservation Institute, c1988), ed. by N. S. Brommelle and Perry Smith (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)
- East Asian Lacquer: The Florence and Herbert Irving Collection (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, c1991), by James C. Y. Watt and Barbara Brennan Ford (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)
- Japanese Lacquer, 1600-1900: Selections from the Charles A. Greeneld Collection (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, c1980), by Andrew Pekarik (page images and PDF at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Google)
- East Asian Lacquer: The Florence and Herbert Irving Collection (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, c1991), by James C. Y. Watt and Barbara Brennan Ford (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)
- A Handbook on Japanning, for Ironware, Tinware, Wood, Etc.; With Sections on Tinplating and Galvanizing (second edition; London: Scott, Greenwood, and Son, 1913), by William Norman Brown (multiple formats at archive.org)
- L'Oeuvre de Limoges (in French; Paris: A. Picard, 1890), by Ernest Rupin
- FRAPCON-2: A Computer Code for the Calculation of Steady State Thermal-Mechanical Behavior of Oxide Fuel Rods (1981), by Gary A. Berna, Michael P. Bohn, W. N. Rausch, R. E. Williford, and D. D. Lanning (page images at HathiTrust)
- MRS Internet Journal of Nitride Semiconductor Research (full serial archives)
- Thermodynamic Properties of Aluminum Nitride (report of investigations 5716; Washington: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, 1961), by Alla D. Mah, E. G. King, W. W. Weller, and A. U. Christensen (page images at HathiTrust)
- 739 Paint Questions Answered: A Reference Encyclopedia Answering Knotty Problems That Confront the Painter, Decorator, and Paint Manufacturer in Their Everyday Work, With Complete Topical Index (London: Trade Painters Pub. Co., c1904), by Painters Magazine
- Painting and Decorating Working Methods: A Text Book for Apprentice, Journeyman, House Painter, Decorator (second edition, reprinted; New York: T. Audel, 1944), by International Association of Master Painters and Decorators, ed. by F. N. Vanderwalker (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Painting and Decorating Working Methods: A Text Book for the Apprentice, Journeyman, House Painter, Decorator (second edition; c1922), by International Association of Master House Painters and Decorators of the United States and Canada, ed. by F. N. Vanderwalker (page images at HathiTrust)
- The House Painter, or, Decorator's Companion (London: Thomas Kelly, 1841), by W. Mullinger Higgins (page images with commentary at Smithsonian)
- The Binding of Books: An Essay in the History of Gold-Tooled Bindings (second edition), by Herbert P. Horne (page images at CMU)
- Applied Lettering and Design (New York: Watson-Guptill, c1949), by Rand Holub (page images at HathiTrust)
- Art Monograms and Lettering (revised 5th edition, 3 volumes in 1; 1912), by J. M. Bergling (page images at HathiTrust)
- Lettering for Commercial Purposes (Cincinnati: Signs of the Times Pub. Co., c1918), by William Hugh Gordon (page images at HathiTrust)
- Handwriting for the Broad-Edge Pen: A Teachers' Manual (Boston et al.: Ginn and Co., c1926), by Frances M. Moore (page images at HathiTrust)
- Book of Alphabets, For Use in Schools (Boston: Ginn and Co., c1908), by H. W. Shaylor (page images at HathiTrust)
- The New Zanerian Alphabets: An Instructor in Roundhand, Engrossing, Designing, Etc. (Columbus: Zaner and Bloser, c1900), by C. P. Zaner (multiple formats at archive.org)
- La Operina (in Italian, with English translation and commentary), by Ludovico degli Arrighi, ed. by Gunnlaugur S. E. Briem (zipped PDF at operina.com)
- Studies in Pen Art (1914), by William Edward Dennis (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Medieval Graffiti, Especially in The Eastern Counties (reprinted from Cambridge Antiquarian Society's Publications; London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co., 1915), by G. G. Coulton
- On These Walls: Inscriptions and Quotations in the Buildings of the Library of Congress, by John Young Cole (illustrated HTML at loc.gov)
- How to Design Monograms (second edition; Pelham, NY: Bridgman Publishers, 1930), by Elizabeth Sprague and Curtiss Sprague (page images at HathiTrust)
- Art Monograms and Lettering (revised 5th edition, 3 volumes in 1; 1912), by J. M. Bergling (page images at HathiTrust)
- The House Painter, or, Decorator's Companion (London: Thomas Kelly, 1841), by W. Mullinger Higgins (page images with commentary at Smithsonian)
- Varnishes, Lacquers, Printing Inks and Sealing-Waxes: Their Raw Materials and Their Manufacture; To Which is Added, The Art of Varnishing and Lacquering, Including the Preparation of Putties and of Stains for Wood, Ivory, Bone, Horn, and Leather (Philadelphia: H.C. Baird and Co., 1893), by William T. Brannt (page images at HathiTrust)
- French Polishing and Enamelling: A Practical Work of Instruction (fourth edition; London: Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1910), by Richard Bitmead (Gutenberg text)
- Peter Hunt's Workbook: With Text and Pictures (Chicago and New York: Ziff-Davis, c1945), by Peter Hunt (page images at HathiTrust)
- French Polishing and Enamelling: A Practical Work of Instruction (fourth edition; London: Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1910), by Richard Bitmead (Gutenberg text)
- The Modern Wood Finisher: A Practical Treatise on Wood Finishing in All Its Branches (Chicago: Press of The Western Painter, 1901), by F. Maire (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Problems of the Finishing Room (fifth edition; Grand Rapids, MI: Periodical Pub. Co., c1922), by Walter K. Schmidt (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Up-To-Date Hardwood Finisher (2 parts in 1 volume; Chicago: F. J. Drake and Co., 1904), by Fred. T. Hodgson (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Wood Finishing: Comprising Staining, Varnishing, and Polishing (Philadelphia: D. McKay, 1906), ed. by Paul N. Hasluck (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Painting and Decorating Working Methods: A Text Book for Apprentice, Journeyman, House Painter, Decorator (second edition, reprinted; New York: T. Audel, 1944), by International Association of Master Painters and Decorators, ed. by F. N. Vanderwalker (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Painting and Decorating Working Methods: A Text Book for the Apprentice, Journeyman, House Painter, Decorator (second edition; c1922), by International Association of Master House Painters and Decorators of the United States and Canada, ed. by F. N. Vanderwalker (page images at HathiTrust)
- French Polishing and Enamelling: A Practical Work of Instruction (fourth edition; London: Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1910), by Richard Bitmead (Gutenberg text)
- Textile Antistats and Lubricants (New York: General Aniline and Film Corp., c1963), by John P. G. Beiswanger (page images at HathiTrust)
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