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 785
edingly full gathering, althoughthe cap itself is tight to the head. In order to make this gathering, itis calculated that the outline of the back ought to be a third largerthan the edge of the front. 1st Kind—The front can be dispensed with, and the cap made entirely of aback like the above, kept… … b Fig. 24. a shell, or a piece of lace laid upon a back of tulle, covering only half the head, andtrimmed with some knots of ribbon or a flower, forms a pretty head-dress for anelderly lady. 2nd Kind.—If the back be entirely suppressed, and the front enlarged, so as toleave the chignon uncovered, a…
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