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 419
for light colouredgimp of a buff or cream colour, and black for darker shades ofdamask or gimp. The fixed seated chair cannot of course be takenout, and is therefore covered as it stands. Place the chair in front ofyou, take the pattern in paper, cut it out in the new material, removethe old gimp… … The Economical Housewife. 373 colour, straining the gimp a little so that it be not laid loosely on thechair. After the material is firmly pinned in place, the chair may beturned any way, which is more convenient to the worker ; the fixed seatmust have a gimp to neaten the putting on of the cover.…
Home Economics · Interior decoration
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