Household elegancies : suggestions in household art and tasteful home decorations (1876)
Jones, C. S., Mrs, Williams, Henry T · New York : H. T. Williams · leaf 120
oes not break, shrink, warp nor chip, and, besides, damp or heathaving no effect upon it, it improves in tone and color by age. As an imitation of old carvings in dark oak, walnut, mahogany, it isextremely elegant, and can be brought to great perfection upon objects re-quiring bright coloring or… … 118 HOUSEHOLD ELEGANCIES. this means of ornamentation, comparatively, expensive; and yet it is so exceed-ingly elegant that we feel desirous to explain the method of making it properly,
Decoration and ornament
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