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 276
cumbent postures haveprevailed, necessitating couches of variedform. The Greeks, after the conquests ofAlexander had familiarised them with thespread of luxury, reclined on couches whenat table, and in the later days of Romespower a similar effeminate practice wasadopted. After the seat of empire… … 232 Artistic Homes. found no stools m use, but had to spread their military cloaks uponthe floor and sit on them. When the rude warriors quitted the presence-chamber they refused to reclaim these cloaks, saying scornfully thata Norman warrior did not carry his seat about with him. The modernchair…
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