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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 319

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ame, joining that edge which is turned over the top. Careshould be taken while handling the tin-foil not to flatten it, asits beauty depends uponits roughness. Thepieces are joined by sim-ply lapping one edgeover the other, the un-even surface hiding allseams. This frame likethe others must be… … Chapter on Frames. 299 not be made in a day, but if every time the palette is cleanedthe paint is used in this way it will not be long before the sur-face is covered and ready for gilding. The cork paper used in packing bottles makes quite a hand-some frame for black and white pictures or…

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