Los Nueve Secretos de Art
Los secretos notebook, handwritten
Collection area: Literature
Collection dates: 1916
Holograph notebook with twelve formulas for crafts and decorative artwork using textiles, paper, photographs, metals, and glass. Notebook is signed, and includes a place and date: "Antón, noviembre de 1916." In addition to the directions for each formula are color mixtures, lists of materials used, and their total cost. Illustrated with a few small explanatory drawings. Formulas include those for incrusting and engraving glass; illuminating photographic portraits; painting on velvet, corduroy, and satin; making pictures of bronze; and constucting fruits and flowers.
Notebook cover is stamped: "Compliments of the National Navigation Company of Panama," and the endpapers have printed calendars for 1908 and 1909.
Panamanian educator, historian and author.
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