His bronze patinas of reptiles, insects and fish are also remarkable. "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. "Donatello" by David Lindsay, Earl of Crawford The treatment of the bronze is successful and its patina is admirable. "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. "How to Observe in Archaeology" by Various Thin green patina, or bare brown or black metal is dubious. "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. "Eight Years' Wandering in Ceylon" by Samuel White Baker It was the 30th May, 1853, a lovely hunting morning and a fine dew on the patinas rather too windy, but that could not be helped. "Jeff believes in the natural patina that time creates on things," Diaz-Azcuy assures us. The cast also boasts Tony Award winner Andrea Martin, as well as Tony nominees Patina Miller, Terrence Mann and Charlotte d'Amboise. Santa's Brunch by Patina at Descanso Gardens in La Cañada Flintridge. bng.comīelgian Beer Tasting at Patina at Descanso Gardens in La Cañada Flintridge. What I also saw was a natural patina from moss, rust and water. Shop concept firm Patina -V will open a permanent showroom at 7 W 34th St. That plays by the rules of the all-frills grande maison restaurant experience, it is Patina. Rock house offers artists an aged patina. Reba's move to Malibu has a retro, aged patina. The fact they are so difficult adds a patina of interesting. 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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