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 207
described as a tripod holding a circular top,just large enough to receive one of the pretty cachepots that are seenin such variety in all places where glass or earthenware are soldSometimes chains are attached to the legs as an ornament. Thesearticles of furniture are usually made in black and… … The House and its Furniture. ported by uprights at the corners, or if the shelves be shaped, by aframed back or ornamental brackets and uprights in front. A what-not is made in three or four tiers, and of any shape : square, oblong,shaped, or with shelves in the form of a quadrant orquarter of a…
Home Economics · Interior decoration
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