Our homes and their adornments; or, How to build, finish, furnish and adorn a home ... the whole being designed to make happy homes for happy people (1882)
Varney, Almon C. (Almon Clother), b. 1849 · Detroit, J. C.Chilton · leaf 312
lay can be colored all tints; and the sameblock, by means of stamps and presses, may havea perfect and pleasing figure of two or morecolors. When properly pressed and burnt, these tiles are veryserviceable, and when the additional work of glazing is puton, they are well-nigh as durable as stone for… … HEARTHS AND PAVEMENTS. 283 various shades and colors, combine in forming a materialsuited to purposes o£ ornament, and as durable as beautiful. Hearths and Pavements. A hearth or hall can be paved with tiles at a very rea-sonable cost, (about fifty cents per square foot,) and whenonce done, the…
Architecture, Domestic · Interior decoration · Home Economics
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