Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 77
ir times and seasons, or which come and go.The same may be said of certain smaller arts. Oneof these is hammering cold brass, which has comeinto favor again after being forgotten ; and another two and a half or three dollars, some of this beingvery beautiful. Those who want pieces, or lessthan a… … is leather-work. It is true that there have alwaysbeen ladies who, in a small way, made bunchesof grapes and flowers, and even covered boxeswith wet leather, producing results the highest aimof which was to look almost like wood-carving. But leather-work, properly understood, is abeautiful art in…
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