. The Coach-makers' illustrated hand-book. the outer edge of the back bow on the leather; next, cut it five inches fromthe bow mark; cover the reverse side of leather with cloth ; when dry, scollop (seepattern); then bind each scollop with a turn-over welt, cutting the welt short oflf atat the junction of each scollop; next, take a piece of patent leather, rubbed down tothree-eighths of an inch wide, and loop up between the scollops (see pattern); clinch,with two-ounce tacks, the top of loops to the valance; pare the ends, so that no lumpswill show through the back curtain. To make the lace fo
. The Coach-makers' illustrated hand-book. the outer edge of the back bow on the leather; next, cut it five inches fromthe bow mark; cover the reverse side of leather with cloth ; when dry, scollop (seepattern); then bind each scollop with a turn-over welt, cutting the welt short oflf atat the junction of each scollop; next, take a piece of patent leather, rubbed down tothree-eighths of an inch wide, and loop up between the scollops (see pattern); clinch,with two-ounce tacks, the top of loops to the valance; pare the ends, so that no lumpswill show through the back curtain. To make the lace for finishing the edge of headlining, take a piece of heavy enameled duck about four inches wide, and as long asthe space to be covered; cover with cloth; when dry, cut into two strips (one foreach side), each two inches wide; bind the top edge with a turn over welt, and pareofi; then bind the lower edges the same way, but leave the binding on the back wideenough to reach the top edge of the lace ; do not pare off; next, supposing your head. TRIMMING DEPARTMENT. 383 lining in, nail one end of the lace to the back of the ))ack bow: then nail up yourback valance, and cover the end of the lace with it; now paste heavily the wrongside of your lace, and also the wrong side of the unpared binding of the Ixjttom edge;nail the front end under the front valance, straining tight; now, draw down the heaplining between the two pasted surfaces ; put 3our hand uj) between the bows, and rubwell together ; next nail with small black nails to each bow, driving a nail in the frontand back side of each bow, so as to draw the lace in slightly between each bow. Thisfinishes the valance and lace, with the head lining in very neat style. There is noneed to sew the head lining to the lace, as the paste holds it sufficiently close without. BACK OF LIGHT TOP. The back stays are usually made eight inches wide, the back curtain lapping onthem two and a quarter inches. Back stays, ma<le in this manner; on
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