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Our homes and their adornments, or, How to build, finish, furnish and adorn a home, containing practical instructions for the building of homes, interior decoration, wood carving, scroll sawing, house painting, window hangings, screens, curtains, window gardening, incidental decorations, decorative-art needle-work, and economic landscape gardening; to which is added a household compendium of new, practical and valuable recipes, the whole being designed to make happy homes for happy people (1883)

Varney, Almon C. (Almon Clother), b. 1849 · Detroit, Mich. : J.C. Chilton · leaf 256

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t spread more freelywithout losing any of its tenacity or sticking quality. Itshould be brought to a slow boil and made rather thickerthan ordinary gruel, and then allowed to get cool beforeusing. It should be laid on the paper smoothly and equally,with a good brush, not putting on too much, or it… … Ghaptee IV. DECORATIVE ART NEEDLE-WORK, KECENT IMPROVEMENTS IN NEEDLE-WORK.—USEFULNESS NOWA PROMINENT FEATURE.—LIST AND DESCRIPTION OFMATERIALS.—PRICES.—BEAD WORK.

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