Our homes and their adornments; . The frameis of pine or whitewood and covered with silk plush embroid-ered with arasene or with silk floss, arasene being much the-best as the colors are better and the general effect more cuts show two very ditFerent designs,—one a vine ofwild clematis, and the other a spray of dogwood; the formerworked on deep Indian-red plush, and the latter on a very-dark olive-gioen. They can be made of various sizes, but10x10 or 12x12 for the glass is generally preferred. Theyare quite different in appearance from the painted frames soabundant in the stores, and


Our homes and their adornments; . The frameis of pine or whitewood and covered with silk plush embroid-ered with arasene or with silk floss, arasene being much the-best as the colors are better and the general effect more cuts show two very ditFerent designs,—one a vine ofwild clematis, and the other a spray of dogwood; the formerworked on deep Indian-red plush, and the latter on a very-dark olive-gioen. They can be made of various sizes, but10x10 or 12x12 for the glass is generally preferred. Theyare quite different in appearance from the painted frames soabundant in the stores, and which are usually very poorspecimens of amateur art. > .. ^f A New Style Splasher. Splashers are not very new, but the one shown in Fig. 54is so far superior to the ordinary splasher as to merit descrip-tion. It is made expressly for the purpose, being wovenwith a band of open-work all around and a sewed fringe onthe four sides. The material is linen momie cloth. Alongthe upper edge at the back, five loops of tape are sewed,. Fig. 52.


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