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 289
ing—a result only to be expectedwhen the businesses of decorating and designing were left entirely tomen who were content to go on in the groove where they found them-selves, careless whether the result was good work or bad, and whocould always find customers as indifferent as themselves. The… … MODERN JACOBEAN TABLE. considered effective and the thing. Several causes combined atlast to bring about a salutary change. The revival of Gothic architec-ture led to the improvement of ecclesiastical furniture under the lateMr. Pugins able hands. Nor was he long in bringing the older formsinto…
Home Economics · Interior decoration
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