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 157
called, disclosed the signs of the Zo-diac—a curious fancy. The mantel panel, including the fire-place of the library, is its most impor- 134 House Decoration and Furnishing. tant decoration. With the discoveries The mantel serves to assist the pur-of so many varieties of American mar- poses of the… … compositions resembling marble, to-gether with tiles and mosaics, there isno scheme of color that cannot becarried out. Fire-facings of these andcolumns supporting mantels of woodmake the most imposing mantel. Inone library the mantel shelf was up- also provide for hospitality. Here areenclosures…
Women · Home Economics · Interior decoration
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