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
accommodation of a greaternumber of persons. In a largeroom, when the family is also large,the additional leaf or leaves maybe left in at all times ; but theirremoval is most useful in roomsof small size, as the contraction ofthe table gives more room formoving about. These tables aremade in two… … TELESCOPE DINING-TABLE. The House and its Furniture. with a thread screw inside, in which a screw works turned by a key or handleinserted through one of the end rails of the table as at A in the annexed drawingBy means of the screw the ends are pushed sufficiently apart to admit of theintroduction…
Home Economics · Interior decoration
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