Beautiful homes : or, Hints in house furnishing (1878)
Williams, Henry T, Jones, C. S., Mrs · New York : Henry T. Williams, Publisher · leaf 186
ify to this little table being capableof being changed into a most convenient work-stand. The little drawer shouldbe finished with a neat escutcheon, which can be ornamented with gilding orpaint. A pair of the tasteful little hour glass stands, shown in Fig. 132, shouldadorn every sitting-room, for… … Fig. 130. 182 BEAUTIFUL HOMES. lest one should not, ^e feel loth to omit the description of a pair which are oneof the principal features in a room we wot of, and are so exceedingly elegantin their dainty covers that every one who sees them for first time, turns tolook again. The coverings of…
Decoration and ornament
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