The Royal Guide to Wax Flower Modelling
by Emma Peachey
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Chapters (187)
- PEACHEY'S ROYAL GUIDE TO WAX FLOWER MODELLING.
- ADVERTISEMENT.
- THE ROYAL GUIDE TO
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- PEACHEY'S ROYAL GUIDE TO WAX FLOWER MODELLING.
- THE ART OF MODELLING FLOWERS IN WAX WAS BROUGHT INTO ENGLAND.
- THE ADVANTAGE OF WAX MODELLING, OVER OTHER FANCY WORK.
- MATERIALS REQUIRED FOR WAX FLOWER MODELLING.
- PURPOSES TO WHICH THE MATERIALS ARE APPLIED.
- DIRECTIONS FOR MIXING COLOURS.
- USE OF CURLING PINS AND SCISSORS,
- THE METHOD OF APPLYING BRUSHES
- TO CLEANSE THE SCISSORS, PINS, AND MARBLES.
- EXPLANATION OF BOTANICAL WORDS.
- HOW TO COPY FROM NATURE.
- VARIOUS FLOWERS TO BE DESCRIBED.
- FLORAL LIFE.
- THE FLOWERING SEASONS.
- INSTRUCTION HOW TO FORM THE CROCUS.
- (Crocus Luteus.) Youthfulness.
- THE SNOWDROP.
- (Galanthus Nivalis.) Consolation.
- THE PRIMROSE.
- (Primula.) Forsaken.
- VIOLET.
- (Viola Odorata.) Modesty.
- PURPLE VIOLETS.
- ANEMONE.
- (Anemone Hortensis.) Sickness.
- TULIP VAN THOL.
- (Tulipa Præcox.) Declaration of Love.
- NARCISSUS.
- Permission.
- THE JONQUIL
- THE DAISY.
- (Bellis Perennis.) Innocence.
- WALL-FLOWER.
- Fidelity in misfortune.
- LILAC RHODODENDRON.
- Danger.
- KALMIA.
- (Latifolia.) Combination.
- YELLOW JASMINE.
- (Jasminum Revolutum.) Grace and Elegance.
- WHITE JASMINE.
- (Jasminum Officinale.) Amiableness.
- CAPE JASMINE.
- (Gardenia.) Sweetness.
- THE CABBAGE OR PROVENCE ROSE.
- (Rosa Centifolia.) Beauty.
- THE MOSS ROSE.
- Beauty and Love.
- THE WHITE ROSE.
- (Rose Alba.) Silence.
- THE DAMASK ROSE.
- (Rosa Damascena.) Freshness of Complexion.
- SWEET-SCENTED TEA ROSE.
- (Rosa Safrano.) Charming.
- YELLOW ROSE.
- (Rosa. Cloth of Gold.) Infidelity.
- AUSTRIAN BRIAR ROSE.
- (Rosa Lutea.) Mingled Pleasure and Pain.
- THE CARNATION.
- (Dianthus.) Pure Love.
- MYRTLE.
- (Myrtus Communis.) Love.
- HONEYSUCKLE.
- (Caprifolium.) Devoted Affection.
- THE FUCHSIA;
- (Fulgens;) Good taste:
- THE RED FUCHSIA;
- (Fuchsia,) Taste:
- FORGET ME NOT.
- Forget me not.
- PINK GERANIUM.
- (Pelargonium.) Preference.
- SCARLET GERANIUM.
- Comforting.
- MIGNONETTE.
- (Reseda Odorata.) Unconscious Beauty.
- ORANGE BLOSSOM.
- (Citrus.) Chastity.
- SERINGA.
- Counterfeit.
- LILY.
- (Lilium Candidum.) Purity of heart.
- THE LILIUM LANCIFOLIUM.
- Generous heart.
- WHITE WATER-LILY.
- (Nymphea Alba.) Eloquence.
- THE YELLOW WATER-LILY.
- Retirement.
- THE BLUE WATER-LILY;
- Warm affection;
- DAHLIA.
- (Dahlia Purpurea.) Instability.
- THE SALVIA PATENS.
- Rich and Rare.
- VARIEGATED CAMELLIA.
- Unpretending excellence.
- THE PASSION FLOWER;
- Belief:
- LEMON HOLLYHOCK.
- Persuasion.
- THE CACTUS.
- Warmth.
- GROUPING FLOWERS.
- WAX FLOWERS, AS ORNAMENTS FOR THE HAIR,
- INSTRUCTIONS FOR MODELLING FOLIAGE.
- THE VICTORIA REGIA.
- EXHIBITION OF WAX FRUITS AND FLOWERS, BY MRS. PEACHEY, ARTISTE TO HER MAJESTY.
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