n the right hand.The curtain is tacked to the edge of the lath,and small rings are sewed on the inside, abouta foot apart in a straight line from the lath tothe floor, similarly to the way in which ringsare fastened to a fishing-rod. Each of the linesis then brought down through each line of… … fringe may be used to conceal the top of thecurtain where it is tacked to the lath, or thecurtain itself may be gathered up to an orna-mental head, and fastened to the lath by tackspassing through a tape sewn on behind it, whichis the usual mode of fixing all valances anddraperies, as the tacks…
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