for general purposes ; in fact, this perpendicu-lar style, which is of modern invention, hassome advantages which recommend it to notice;it does not gather dust to such an amount asfestoons or draperies. This design admits ofvariations; it may be fringed or the pipesmay be bell-shaped instead of… … formed with care, or else the pipes will hangstiffly and, of course, ungracefully. Exactnessmay be obtained by the following method, asdescribed by a practical upholsterer: Take apiece of tape, the length of the window lath,or whatever may be the space about to he filledwith the piped valance ;…
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