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 274
pper, adapted for wax lights, isseen now. In many cases it might be advantageously revived, andbrass would be a material almost as effective, artistically, as the moreprecious metal. The design should be simple and bold, and withoutsuch meretricious additions as glass drops or pendants of any… … HALL LAMP. GOTHIC CHANDELIER. in England, although bargains may be met with now and then.Modern examples in brass of good characters can be had, but whenprovided with ample repousse wall-plates the cost is rather high.Small two or three-light sconces fixed just above an etagere of curioslight up…
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