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 163
you can copy it (Fig.74). Now repeat it (Fig.75), or place the bunches that there is implanted in youthe same elements that belongto those whose designs you ad-mire, then commence and de-sign for yourself. That youmay have a start in your newart, we will try something else,a vegetable this time,… … Fig. 75. in a row and you willhave another borderdesign. After a fewexperiments you willsee that anything willmake a decorationeven the humblekitchen vegetables. Botany as Applied to Art. Decorative Lines. Figs. 76 and 77 are simply graceful curves, such as anyonecan make with a pen or pencil, and…
Amusements · Interior decoration
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