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 221
pillars, and jewel-box in stand,may be purchased for 31s. 6d. 278. THE CHEVAL GLASS is a long glass inwhich the whole of the person may be viewed fromhead to foot. The frame is supported on pillarsor standards, rising from bracket-shaped claws, asin the accompanying engraving. The frames… … CHEVAL GLASS. The House and its Furniture. 177 price from about £2 15s. to ^8 10s. They are not used as much as they were inthe early part of this century in consequence of wardrobes being frequently madewith a plate glass door, which serves all the purposes to which a cheval glass canbe put, and…
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