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 218
roiderers. Coach-trimmings, indark, rich hues, make an excellent finish to velvet or plushlambrequins. A gray linen valance divided into panels byhem-stitching, and worked with conventional flower-sprays,looks well for a summer mantel-cover. Upright groups ofMowers rising from a base of dark velvet… … Cretonne Drapery for Mantel-piece. 174 womans handiwork. grandmothers crewel work, has been much noticed.The material used is a strip of soft cream-colored crash,and the design is a quaint and beautiful vine with conven-tional flowers in faded hues. The stitches used for portionsof the design are…
Interior decoration · Embroidery · Painting · Decoration and ornament
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