Our homes; how to beautify them. One hundred and fifty engravings (1888)
[Martin, George A.] d. 1904 · New York, O. Judd co. · leaf 31
r of corn. It is first giventwo coats of varnish, and when the second one is justdry enough to acquire the right tack, it is coveredwith gold-leaf or bronze-powder. Five brass hooks arethen screwed into it, bows of bright-colored ribbon aretacked on the ends, and also a piece of the same is usedto… … FIG. 18.—ORNAMENTAL EAR OF CORN. A bow of ribbon is tied on each side of the padlock. Another form, shown in Fig. 19, combines a key-board and watch-case. It ismade of a toy rolling-pin, po-tato-masher and a piece ofhalf-inch pine board. A holeis sawed in the board, half aninch larger in diameter…
Fancy work · Interior decoration
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