How to amuse yourself and others. The American girl's handy book (1887)
Beard, Lina, Beard, Adelia B. (Adelia Belle), 1857-1920 · New York : C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 118
h our draw-ing represents, makes an excel-lent and convenient hall-decora-tion. The materials used in itsconstruction are a small mirror,which can be procured at any country store ; four boards,whose length and breadth depend upon the size of the mirror;two oars, with one-third of each handle sawed… … Crab-net Work-basket. Summer. The opening left in the centre should be one inch smaller thanthe mirror. When eight of the spikes have been driven into the frame at regular distancesthe mirror must be fastenedon the back with strips ofleather or sail-cloth, as shownin diagram (Fig. 48). The di-
Amusements · Interior decoration
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