The ladies' hand book of fancy and ornamental work ... (1859)
Hartley, Florence · Philadelphia : G. G. Evans · leaf 221
r flowers to select those that will admit aglass for the water inside, as putting the water in without the glass sometimesdiscolors it, and in the hanging vases for flowers a small pot containing the earthmust be put inside. Sometimes the jars are made very large to answer for seatslike the Chinese… … ETRUSCAN VASE, IN POTICHOMANIE. QUILTING. 217 QUILTING. This work, when neatly done, is very ornamental, either for articles of dressor for quilts. The number of patterns used to be very limited, but since theintroduction of sewing machines, the work has become so popular, and is sobeautifully…
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