A MANUAL OF Mending and Repairing WITH DIAGRAMS BY Charles Godfrey Leland —— NEW YORK DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY 1896
Reading edition
Copyright, 1896, By DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY.
BURR PRINTING HOUSE, FRANKFORT AND JACOB STS., N. Y.
CONTENTS
PAGES
Introduction vii-xxiii
Materials used in Mending 1-11
Mending Broken China, Porcelain, Crockery, Majolica, Terra-Cotta, Brick and Tile Work 12-32
Mending Glass, together with several Allied Processes: Approved Cements—Silicate of Soda 33-49
Wood-Shavings in Mending and Making many Objects—Ornamental Work of Shavings—Marquetry—Repairing Panel Pictures with Shavings 50-57
Repairing Woodwork 58-85
On Repairing and Restoring Books, Manuscripts, and Papers, with Directions for Easy Binding and Paper-Mending—Book-Worms—The Ravages of Book-Worms 86-120
Papier-Mâché: Repairing Toys—Making Grounds for Pictures and Walls—Carton-Cuir and Carton-Pierre 121-133
Mending Stone-Work: Mosaics—Ceresa-Work—Porcelain or Crockery Mosaic 134-142
Repairing Ivory 143-155
Repairing Amber: How to perfectly Re-Join Broken Amber, and to imitate it—How to Melt Amber in Fragments to a Single Body 156-158
Indiarubber and Gutta-Percha: Mending Indiarubber Shoes and making Garments Waterproof, with other Applications 159-168
Mending Metal-Work or Repairing by means of it: Fireproof Cements, with Iron Binders 169-182
Repairing Leather-Work: Trunks, Shoes, or in any other Forms—Joining Straps—Making Cheap Shoes 183-198
To Mend Hats, Blankets, and similar Fabrics by Felting 199-201
Invisible Mending of Garments, Laces, or Embroideries 202-205
Mending Mother-of-Pearl and Coral 206-209
Restoring and Repairing Pictures 210-230
General Recipes 231-253
INDEX 255-264