Household elegancies : suggestions in household art and tasteful home decorations (1876)
Jones, C. S., Mrs, Williams, Henry T · New York : H. T. Williams · leaf 207
t flannel, and going over the whole surface; wash off withclear water, and when dry, re-varnish, and again rub down, continuing this processuntil a highly-polished surface is obtained, and using care when the last coat ofvarnish is applied, to apply it evenly and smoothly, producing an enameled… … Fig. 2. Chess-Board.this way, and a pattern of the required kind may be made by first tracing awaved line, and placing on this line, apparently springing from it, tracings froma series of small leaves flattened out for the purpose. Such borders may beadapted from other decorative work to be found…
Decoration and ornament
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