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Woman's handiwork in modern homes (1881)

Harrison, Burton, Mrs., 1843-1920 · [New York] : Scribner's Sons · leaf 97

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azard, convey the kindly greet- ing: " Sing, heart ! thou art young, and the world is in blossom." Cherry-blossoms, variously grouped, adorn the next panel; another has apricot-flowers, and the fourth a branch of dog- wood. A veritable spring song is this, illustrating at once the ^'gioventu dell'… … Design for Outline Ennbroidery, from Bed- Countess of Shrewsbury's drapery at Hardwck Hall. bed-hangings at Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire — the famous museum for old English embroideries — appears a beautiful circular flower, forming a border, worked in outline in lilac silk upon twilled white cotton…

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