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 322
uments must stand first, andthe ugly square coffer-like formwhich these exigencies createaffords scanty facilities for thedisplay of the inventive facultiesor good taste of the case-maker.In this regard some of theancient instruments of musicafforded more scope for tastefulornamentation. Still we… … Artistic Homes, 276 ornament. We see that this^u^ed to be attempted on similar instru-ments. The virginal, of which we give a sketch, is a specimen1 of thereio-n of Queen Elizabeth, and is now m the museum at South Ken-sington. It will be seen that the ancient maker has certainly done hisbest to…
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