aeo continues to be of considerable interest in decorative paint finishes aeo revival of the craft part of the interest in conservation issues aeo highly regarded technical manual for the expert and student aeo part of successful list of painting and decorating books, including Fulcher et al. a s Painting and Decorating and Stewarta s Signwork.

The third edition of this classic text, first published in 1949, contains additional colour plates and text describing popular decorative paint finishes such as lapis lazuli, tortoiseshell, malachite, patinated gold and fossilstone marble. A chapter on broken colour effects--including ragging, dragging, stippling, sponging and shading--is also provided. The extensive text on graining has been enhanced by replacing the descriptive-only ground colours with two full-colour plates of suggested colours (aligned with the British Standard), thereby enabling access to paints from local suppliers or helping the decorative painter make and mix his/her own colours.