Contents Editorial Preface Note of Acknowledgement A Prefatory Note Author's Preface Chapter 1: Plasterwork Generally - A Glimpse of its History, by G. T. Robinson, F.S.A. Prehistoric; in the dawn of history; in early Egypt; amongst the Greeks and their colonies; Roman work from the commencement to the decline of the empire; its oriental development; in the Middle Ages; in the Renaissance; its culmination in the sixteenth century; its decorative growth in France and England; under Francis 1 and Henry VIII; under the Stuart Dynasty; its decline under the Hanoverian Influence; its low condition at the end of last century; its hoped for revival Chapter 2: Eastern and Continental Plasterwork. Saracenic; Persian; Spanish and Moorish; Indian; Chinese; Italian; French; German; Austrian; Belgian; Russian. Chapter 3: Lime-Stucco Plasterwork (Stucco-duro) in Principle and Practice, by G. P. Bankart Chapter 4: Modern Plasterwork, by G. P. Bankart Chapter 5; Modelling and Design in Relief - as Specially Applicable to Plasterers' work, by G. P. Bankart Chapter 6: Tools and Appliances. Plasterers' tools, appliances, and plant; labourers' tools; scaffolding; the worshipful company of Plasterers; the plasterers' craft. Chapter 7: Materials. Plaster of Paris: manufacture, boiled plaster, baked plaster, quick and slow setting plaster, tests, chemical properties, setting qualities, colour, compressive and adhesive strength of French plaster; Limes: hydraulic, lias, chalklimes, rich versus short limes, Scotch limes, Irish limes, calcination, slaking and tests; Mortar: grinding coarse stuff, lime putty, protection of lime putty, setting stuff, haired putty setting, lime water; Hair: ox hair, fibrous and sawdust substitutes for hair: Sand: pit, river and sea sands; Masteric: Scotch and London mastics, mastic mouldings, Hamelein's mastic, mastic cement; stearate of Lime, pythoA" plaster. Chapter 8: Materials (Continued). Cements: Portland cement, super-cement, white, Portland cement, water-proofing cements, slag, Roman, Martin's, Keen's, Parian, Robinson; Selenitic: hydraulic cements and plasters, granite, sirapite; Lathing: expanded metals, Jhilmil, Bostwick, Johnson's, patent metal sheet lathing, patent reed lathing, slate laths, Hy-rib. Chapter 9: of Decorative Ceilings Generally: Solid Work. Panelled, figuredA" and ribbed ceilings; rib brackets and lathing; floating panelled ceilings; setting out panelled ceilings; panel mouldings; coffered ceilings; planted panel mouldings; setting ceilings; lime putty finish; hard finish; fine finish; cement finish; Portland cement ceilings; fibrous plaster ceilings; working plans of panelled ceilings; classic panelling. Chapter 10: Running Diminished and Circular Mouldings. Diminished columns; diminished floating rules; column trammel; constructing diminished plain columns; setting out flutes of diminished columns; constructing diminished fluted columns; forming diminished fluted columns by the rim and collar methods; diminished fluted pilasters; panelled coves; pressed screeds; diminished mouldings; double diminished mouldings; running double diminished mouldings; diminished rule method; top rule method; cupola panels and mouldings; panelled beams; trammel for elliptical mouldings; templates for elliptical mouldings; plasterer's oval; circular mouldings on circular surface; trammel centre. Chapter 11: Exterior Plastering and Sgraffito. Sgraffito or graffitoA"; fresco; buon fresco; fresco secco. Chapter 12: Model and Running Mould Making. To draw a truss; to make a model of a truss; hinged running moulds for diminished models; to make a keystone; to set out and make a Corinthian column capital; to make a pilaster capital; to make composite, Doric and Tuscan capitals; to set out and make Ionic capitals and entablature; to draw the Ionic Volute; centre flowers; cast enrichment mitres and abutments; running moulds; running moulds for enriched cornices; twin slippered mould; arch radius mould; hanging moulds;
