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Researching the
Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site of Canada
Recherche sur la Forteresse-de-Louisbourg Lieu historique national du Canada
EIGHTEENTH
CENTURY PAINT MATERIALS
AND THE PAINTERS CRAFT AS PRACTICED IN LOUISBOURG
TRAINING MANUAL
BY
A. Storm
May 1982
(Fortress
of Louisbourg
Report H G 05)
Appendix II
Eighteenth Century
Painters Tools,
(see Notes to Appendix II).
Barrels to hold pigment
Packages/paquet/to hold pigment
Small bags to hold pigment
Small bottles to hold pigment
Small barrels and larger barriques to hold linseed oil
Barrels/quarts/to hold turpentine
Tin can to keep turpentine
Bottles to keep turpentine
Barrels/quarts/to hold pitch
Barrels/quarts/to hold tar
Stone slab/from 18" to 24" square/made out of smooth, non-porous hard marble, or granite, approx. 3" to 4" thick
Muller (3 in L'bourg)/Egg-shaped stone, broken in half and polished flat at the break. 2" to 5" in diameter with a slightly rounded edge to allow the paint to get under it. Approximately 6-1/2" in length.
Amassette/scraper made out of horn, for piling and collecting paint on the grinding slab
Small assortment of mortars & pestles
Iron ladle, or crucible/used to de-grease lampblack
Pane of glass
Wooden mallet/to make putty
Earthenware or Stoneware pots to hold ground colors
Earthenware or Stoneware vessels for "washing" pigments
Stoneware butter pot/for dyeing woods.
Brass or Copper kettle/for preparation of oil for painting inside work
Buckets/for whitewashing & distemper paint
Stirring stick
Sieve/or linen cloth-to strain glue for distemper paint and pigment
Cotton cloth/to filter varnish
Pipkin/for melting white rosin, etc., for making varnish
Palette knifes, large & small
Paint brushes/round, different sizes
Small pencil brushes/from 3/4", to 1/16"
Palette
Whitewashing brushes /Pailles? /big
Scrub-brush
Dogfish skin/as a sandpaper/or pumice stones (fine grain) for sanding down coats of paint
Small sticks of white pine/to smoothe mouldings & ornaments
Soft cloth
Soap/to wash brushes clean after use
String/used for measuring their work as they were paid by the yard
Scaffolding