• Raphaël developed the Paris Classic for the Impressionists, who asked for a brush that would offer looser and more expressive brushstrokes than traditional stiff bristle brushes. An authentic piece of 19th century art history, this brush offers today’s artist the same features that made it a favorite of the modern masters.
• A superior variety of hog bristle, with a strict selection and treatment: whitened, boiled 3 times for two hours and treated specially, famous for its fineness, softer and straighter than conventional bristle hair brushes. The hair has a cohesive working nature making each stroke smooth from start to finish. Unlike conventional interlocked bristle, the straight hair has no tendency to split after the stroke.
• Made with seamless copper ferrules and long black lacquered handles.

• Application: Filbert is a flat brush with the hair rounded into an oval at the tip. It is probably the most versatile of the brush shapes makes it a very popular and most artists working in oil or acrylic will certainly have a number of filberts. The main brush stroke produced is broad but with a soft, subtle top line allowing marks to instantly blend with previously laid down marks. Turned on its side, it can produce a thin line or, when swivelled in mid stroke, gives a tapered line. Used for oil painting and acrylic painting.
• Made in France

• Wash the brush immediately after using
• Avoid prolonged soaking in water or leaving the brush standing on the hair.
• Don't push brush hardly when cleaning.
• Let the brush air dry by leaving it horizontally, or hanging it upside down.
• Preserve or make brush cleaner by brush soap.