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 298
steel orbrass. To the attainment ofa good result the modernforms of mantel and over-mantel greatly assist. Thevarious fireplaces illustratedare by a firm we have alreadynamed on p.228. They furnishgood examples of artistic work. 388. THE LIBRARY. The wall decoration here is a secondary mat-ter, as… … ANTIQUE STYLE FIREPLACE. 254 Artistic Homes. and curtains a tolerably bright crimson or some soft green may be selected. Oak is the bestmaterial both for the book-cases and the chairs andwriting-tables, and someform of Gothic the beststyle. Bronzes and statu-ettes, but especially busts,are suitable…
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