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 296
MIRROR AND SCONCES, can be filled in with plain felt carpet of crimson, sage-green, or other Artistic Homes. 25i self-colours, or Indian matting, or floorcloth printed in tile patterns.Failing these expedients, stain may be applied. The patterns both onthe walls and carpet should not be bold, but… … MODERN STOVE AND CHIMNEY-GLASS. DRAWING-ROOM CHAIR. rugs of sheepskin or Angora are dispersed about. For the windowcurtains the selection is great—silk, striped reps, Neuilly satin, self-coloured reps, damask cretonnes of many kinds, Swiss, Tuileries,and Nottingham lace, and Leoline and other…
Home Economics · Interior decoration
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