Household elegancies : suggestions in household art and tasteful home decorations (1876)
Jones, C. S., Mrs, Williams, Henry T · New York : H. T. Williams · leaf 225
back. 222 HOUSEHOLD ELEGANCIES. When the mosaic is perfectly dry, it is brushed over with good Copal varnish.In order to enliven the mosaic, a few of the leaves and tendrils are to be touchedwith gold and silver, which can be bought at appropriate stores. A small placemust be cut in, across the… … Tliermometer-Frame. Take the best flakes of large pine cones, fir-apples of different shapes and sizes,empty husks of beech-nuts, the foliage of alders, commonly called lambs, wholeand half-cut acorns, and clean them, with a small brush, in water. The founda-tion of the frame is of strong…
Decoration and ornament
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