Beautiful homes : or, Hints in house furnishing (1878)
Williams, Henry T, Jones, C. S., Mrs · New York : Henry T. Williams, Publisher · leaf 181
ch style, or theJapanese, Chinese, or plain English. That is, supposing we desire to have oneof the light, gay little French stands ; first we make a simple frame, like Fig.129, (which being of pine, and of the very simplest construction can be gottenup for about twenty-five cents). This is rubbed… … sage-gray is pretty for light grounds, though pure white presents equal charmsperhaps; this ground should when finished appear like glass with a solid pol-ished surface, and should the zinc-lead fail to secure this, recourse must be hadto the varnishing and polishing previously described. Upon this…
Decoration and ornament
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