Household elegancies : suggestions in household art and tasteful home decorations (1876)
Jones, C. S., Mrs, Williams, Henry T · New York : H. T. Williams · leaf 162
two and two-fifths inches long, oneand four-fifths inches wide at the top; they are embroidered with long button-hole stitches of gold-color silk, to represent an ear of wheat; three long blu-ish-green silk stitches along the center, held together by a cross-stitch, representthe vein in the center.… … CHAPTER VIII. WORK BOXES AND BASKETS. A TASTEFUL parlor is not completely finished until the useful little work-standis made, and fm^nished with box and basket. Both these necessary accompani-ments to the corner devoted to the sewing machine, may be made of various stylesand shapes. Very elegant…
Decoration and ornament
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