conte

Some of the best pencils made by M. Conté, were formed of two parts of plumbago and three parts of clay; others of equal parts.

M. Conté recommends the hardest pencils of the architect to be made of lead melted with some antimony and a little quicksilver.

It is also made by Messrs. Conté of Paris in sticks artificially prepared.

Black Conté is a hard black chalk made in small sticks of different degrees.

Studies done in this medium can also be finished with Conté chalk.