![]() ![]() "The American Architect and Building News, Vol. Of many of the subjects there are several copies, and amateurs can study proofs and patinas to their heart's content. ![]() "The First Governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of Austria" by Eleanor E. I have caused him to be placed in the castle of Patina, where he will be well treated. "If You're Going to Live in the Country" by Thomas H. Old plaster has a texture and patina that modern stucco cannot simulate, so preserve it if possible. "Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3" by Variousįifth Prebendary, carrying the Chalice and Patina.Īnd yours has a regular patina on it, like old bronze. His bronze patinas of reptiles, insects and fish are also remarkable. ![]() "The Rifle and The Hound in Ceylon" by Samuel White Baker He whispered that he had found the elephant, who was standing on the patina, a few yards beyond the jungle. Rock house offers artists an aged patina. The feast itself was conceived by LA's charming Patina executive chef Tony Esnault. īelgian Beer Tasting at Patina at Descanso Gardens in La Cañada Flintridge. The fact they are so difficult adds a patina of interesting. "Jeff believes in the natural patina that time creates on things," Diaz-Azcuy assures us. Reba's move to Malibu has a retro, aged patina. What I also saw was a natural patina from moss, rust and water. The cast also boasts Tony Award winner Andrea Martin, as well as Tony nominees Patina Miller, Terrence Mann and Charlotte d'Amboise. While Americans wait for a little financial love from Uncle Sam, Patina Restaurant Group is offering guests a real stimulus in the form of promotions that give meaningful value and help fuel sales during tough times. ![]() Patina Restaurant Group founder joined Richard Melman, other restaurant executives to discuss best practices, celebrate. The surface, produced partly by accretion, partly by discoloration and the effects of acid in the soil, given to marble by long inhumation. Also patine.īy extension, the surface-texture or -color which other works of decorative art, as a wooden cabinet or the like, gain through the action of time. The dark color of the patina of Japanese bronze has been shown, in a considerable number of cases at least, to be in all probability due to the presence of lead in the alloy. It is believed, however, that coal-smoke in large cities may be a cause of its formation, as under such circumstances it contains particles of carbonaceous matter and, also, that the present almost universal practice of putting considerable zinc into the bronze, to facilitate its casting, is one of the causes of this defect. Elaborate investigation on the part of various chemists has failed to explain this ill-colored patina very satisfactorily. Some modern bronzes acquire a dark colored patina, which is a disfigurement rather than an ornament. Artificial and evanescent patinas are produced by forgers of antiquities by the application of heat or of acids, and in various other ways. Such an incrustation, although very thin, is considered to add greatly to the beauty of an antique object, especially of a bust or statue, and is of importance as protecting it from further oxidation. It is, when, perfectly developed, of a dark-green color, and has nearly the composition of the mineral malachite (hydrated carbonate of copper). An incrustation which forms on bronze after a certain amount of exposure to the weather, or after burial beneath the ground. ![]()
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