Beautiful homes. Or, Hints in house furnishing (1878)
Williams, Henry T, Jones, C. S., Mrs · New York, H. T. Williams · leaf 308
HOMES. 299 strand is finished outside with the embroidery. The outer edge is ornamentedwith a braided plait made of several kinds of cloth sewed into four long strands,and then plaited. This forms a gay and beautiful rug, especially pretty under a chair or roundtable ; moreover, it is easily kept… … Fig. 31^8. a cheery aspect to a room where the remaining furniture is of the quiet andsubdued order. Application embroidery foims a beautiful method of ornamenting rugs, asshown in Fig. 328, in which a circular piece of drugget cloth is pinked outaiound the edges, and above it is woiked a row of…
Interior decoration · Decoration and ornament
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