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 198
broidered panels, afterdesigns from Mr. Walter Crane, illustrating the four senses—seeing, hearing, smelling and tasting. There are four MODERN HOMES. 159 female figures worked on gray linen, in outlines of greenishbrown silk : the first is holding a basket of daffodils ; thesecond has a shell to… … Banner-Screen, from the Society of Decorative Art. 160 womans handiwork. PORTIERES. FOR the origin and fitness of this now common substi-tute for the too prosaic door, we need look no fartherback than the building of the Jewish Tabernacle, whenthose that devised cunning work had a special measureof…
Interior decoration · Embroidery · Painting · Decoration and ornament
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