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 366
Fig- 77- window is wanting, and drops a hint as to how an ivy maybe concealed behind a mirror, with its graceful loops hang-ing down on each side, and a small portion just peeping intothe glass. The cut on page 331 shows how the scroll-saw may beemployed in window gardening. The lambrequin at… … Ficr. 78. 332 OUR HOMES AND THEIB ADORNMENTS. We have seen shrubs employed with excellent results, inmaking a background for the more showy plants; and inone instance a species of maple, eight feet high, in full leafin midwinter, was perhaps the most admired of the wholecollection. Of course the…
Architecture, Domestic · Interior decoration · Home Economics
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