The woman's book : dealing practically with the modern conditions of home-life, self-support, education, opportunties, and every-day problems (1894)
New York : C. Scribner's sons · leaf 115
herelarge surfaces are necessary. It is awood which is singularly free from knots,and this constitutes, with its cheap-ness, its great virtue. Those who haveused it finished either naturally or withstain, shellac, and varnish, like it betterthan pine. It has a close grain ingraceful lines and takes… … ^g- 13-—Example of Narrow House Built on Small Lot in Minneapolis, Minn. There is but a small advance in priceover pine and white-wood when ash isselected. It finishes a shade lighterthan natural oak, and is hard, pleasing,and durable. Advancing along the up-ward scale, cherry, oak, black…
Women · Home Economics · Interior decoration
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