Woman’s handiwork in modern homes, by Constance Cary Harrison; with numerous illustrations and five colored plates from designs by Samuel Colman, Rosina Emmet, George Gibson, and others (1881)
Harrison, Burton, Mrs., 1843-1920 · [New York] C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 110
old Florentine drawn-work onfinest linen, or convent lace,as it is called by the dealers,selected to show the variety ofdesigns often lavished upontheir specimens. The gro-tesques, originating in imita-tions of imaginary animalsfound figured in Italian grot-toes, here include, as will beseen, a… … ■from the collection of Watson & Co., UnionSquare. ins: men on horseback. Geo- 82 womans HANDIWORK. metrical patterns serve to fill the next space. Then twoheraldic griffins Hanking a warlike goose. Bullocks withlocked horns, fighting-cocks, stags, fowls, monsters, menand women, goats, dogs,…
Interior decoration · Embroidery · Painting · Decoration and ornament
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