Household elegancies : suggestions in household art and tasteful home decorations (1876)
Jones, C. S., Mrs, Williams, Henry T · New York : H. T. Williams · leaf 103
instance, a sea-view, havea coral or shell fiame; askating scene, a frosted one,etc. Therefore, in describ-ing various kinds of pictures,we have mentioned the sortof frames most suitable forthem. M a n y persons condemnthe growing taste for home-made adormnents, brandingthem with the epithets… … Fig. 1. Card-Board Frame for Picture and Mats. HOUSEHOLD ELEGANCIES. 101 that rare delicacy which creates only a thing of beauty, let its componentparts be composed of what they may. We will endeavor to show that by properand tasteful use of even rude materials, artistic frames may be formed.…
Decoration and ornament
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