How to amuse yourself and others : the American girl's handy book (1887)
Beard, Lina, Beard, Adelia B. (Adelia Belle), 1857-1920 · New York : Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 464
f furniturC. ^^ *^ * The curtains next to the windows should be of .the same material as that used forthe bed-drapery, with the inner one of cretonne like the chair-cushions. White matting is suitable for the floor in summer, and dur-ing the cold weather it can be mostly covered with a… … Fig. 372—Hall Seat Made of a Common Wooden Bench, A Hall Seat. As another illustration of what can be done with the mostordinary piece of furniture, we have chosen a common woodenbench, and by painting it black and giving it a dark-red cushionwith tassels at each corner, have transformed it into…
