Morse, Frances Clary · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 256
the top, and to thegood housekeeping of its owners for one hundred andtwenty odd years. The colors in this embroideryare as brilliant as when new, and never a moth hasbeen suffered to even sniff at its stitches, which arethe smallest I have ever seen. The work is doneupon very fine linen, and each… … IIlus. 197. —Stands, 1760-1770. mother-of-pearl shades, copied from the originalpearl counters, which still lie in the little oval pools hollowed out for themin the mahogany frame.The fashionable gameat that date was qua-drille, which was playedwith these round andfish-shaped counters. Dr. William…
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