They applied the mauve paint as evenly as possible, so that the thickness of the paint would not affect the amount of smalt it held. |
One pertinent example was an advertisement in the New-York Gazette in 1748 for blue smalt, just in from London. |
By the time of the last one-foot band, the painters were working together to try several methods at once, aiming for a maximum of smalt. |
In the meantime, the only room that we know of here or in England completely treated with smalt is the Warner House's parlor bedchamber. |
The rich green against the blue smalt should make Warner's bedchamber look even more dramatic. |
Where the horizontal elements of the paneling collected the most smalt, there is an almost neon glow to the blue. |