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 426
length assumes the perpendicular whennot in use as a table (when, in fact, what we call put up)—these makea very good screen against fire, and are very ornamental in this form,especially adapted for corners of rooms, where larger furniture couldnot well be placed. In placing the pictures in… … 38o The Economical Housewife, CHAPTER XXXIX. ODDS AND ENDS. T.oose Covers—Covering Desks—Re-silking Work-tables—Fret Work (preservationof)—Feather Brooms—Mantel Boards—Window Blinds—Floor Covering—TheWindow Blind—Fender and Irons—The Table—The Chairs—The Dresser—The Scullery, etc. 578. LOOSE…
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