Twentieth century culture and deportment, or, The lady and gentleman at home and abroad : containing rules of etiquette for all occasions ... . he bark every loose particleof moss and dust. Then, with liquid gold, gild the bark all over, orif preferred, gild only the bare wood where it is exposed at the endsand where the limbs are cut of, and give a touch of gold to everycrack or protuberance, or, if a smoother finish is desired, remove allof the bark and smoothly gild or enamel the whole surface. The screen, suspended from the upper crosspiece, is a fringed silkrug woven on a hand loom, as ol
Twentieth century culture and deportment, or, The lady and gentleman at home and abroad : containing rules of etiquette for all occasions ... . he bark every loose particleof moss and dust. Then, with liquid gold, gild the bark all over, orif preferred, gild only the bare wood where it is exposed at the endsand where the limbs are cut of, and give a touch of gold to everycrack or protuberance, or, if a smoother finish is desired, remove allof the bark and smoothly gild or enamel the whole surface. The screen, suspended from the upper crosspiece, is a fringed silkrug woven on a hand loom, as old-fashioned carpets were woven. Itfalls freely from the top, its own weight keeping it in place, but itmight be tied to the standards—half way down and at the upper cor-ners—with bows of braid, soft ribbon or with heavy tassel-tipped ARTISTIC HOME DECORATIONS. 473 cords, or a smaller rug without fringe might be suspended by giltrings and finished at the bottom with a row of tassels in mingledshades. In a small apartment, where the radiator is an objection, hang onthe wall over it a large picture, placing before the unsightly heater a. screen of not too high dimensions. If a space is too large for yourpicture, hang on either side a bracket, on which place a quaint jug orjar. For a sewing-room, or, in fact, any apartment where the weeklymending is done, a darning screen is wonderfully commodious. Itsconveniences consist of two capacious pockets, to hold stockings or 474 ARTISTIC HOME DECORATIONS. any garment fresh from the laundry and needing attention ; a handyshelf whereon to place ones sewing, a tidy little cushion with scissorsand loosely swung by ribbons to one side.
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