Beeton's housewife's treasury of domestic information : comprising complete and practical instructions on the house and its furniture, artistic decoration economy, toilet, children, etiquette, domestic and fancy needlework, dressmaking and millinery, and all other household matters : with every requisite direction to secure the comfort, elegance, and prosperity of the home : a companion volume to "Mrs. Beeton's book of household management" : profusely illustrated (1879)
Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary), 1836-1865 · London ; New York : Ward, Lock & Co., Warwick House, Salisbury Square, E.C. · leaf 196
ust not omit tocall attention to the step chairs, the principle of which may be understood from theannexed diagram. The seat of the chair is divided in two parts as at A in fig. 1joined together by hinges. By pulling the back forward in the direction shown bythe dotted arrow, until the back part of… … READING CHAIR. F.frQ ft1 STEP CHAIR. 234. TABLES, like chairs, differ verymuch in form and make, according to thepurpose to which the rooms in whichthey are placed are devoted. The table,be it of what kind it may, is simply aplain surface of wood raised at a certain height above the floor, from27…
Home Economics · Interior decoration
Internet Archive · Getty Research Institute · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
