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 45
treme beauty and fineness. A most brilliant apparition heis, in his coat of many colors gleaming with the iridescentlustre of ancient floss ! Small geometrical flowers of amber, blue, rose and silver-gray make beautiful the spaces of linen left between drawn 26 WOMAN S HANDIWORK. work borders, upon… … Darned Work—Society of Decorative Art. large flowers worked in outline, with a background darnedin parallel lines with coarse silk of a contrasting color. A specimen of this work is illustrated by Mr. Gibsonssketch from the original, executed by the Society of Deco- EMBROIDERY. 2J rative Art. A…
Interior decoration · Embroidery · Painting · Decoration and ornament
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