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Beautiful homes : or, Hints in house furnishing (1878)

Williams, Henry T, Jones, C. S., Mrs · New York : Henry T. Williams, Publisher · leaf 225

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en, upon removing the paper, the designs will appearlike inlaid wood or ivory. This style of embellishment is capable of wonder-fully beautiful effects, and yet is most easily done. The model from which wecopied this illustration had a cover of gray damask, upholstered as shown, andfinished with… … In the chapter on sofas and lounges, we described the manner of chang-ing the old-fashioned settee into a comfortable sofa. In our present illus-tration is the old-fashioned chair found inthe wide chimney-corner of the same oldkitchen, the two making appropriate com-panions. In the olden time,…

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