PLASTERWORK is one of the most ancient of handicrafts employed
in connection with building operations, the earliest evidence showing
that the dwellings of primitive man were erected in a simple fashion
with sticks and plastered with mud.
Soon a more lasting and sightly
material was found and employed to take the place of mud or slime, and
that perfection in the compounding of plastering materials was
approached at a very remote period is made evident by the fact that
some of the earliest plastering which has remained undisturbed excels
in its scientific composition that which we use at the present day.
