Our homes and their adornments; . ^^g- 55. DESIGN FOB SPLASHER. 253 through which a brass or wooden rod is passed and securedto the wall by brass screw-eyes. One end of the rod ismade to slip off so that the splasher is easily removed to be. Fig. 54- washed, and replaced again without the usual damage to thewall by tacking. The designs on them are also new andpretty. A News Rack. Fig. 55 is a news rack in bead embroidery. The frameis of gilded wood, and the foundation for the embroidery isof deep maroon silk plush. The design of maple leaves isembroidered in metal beads in various shades of ol
Our homes and their adornments; . ^^g- 55. DESIGN FOB SPLASHER. 253 through which a brass or wooden rod is passed and securedto the wall by brass screw-eyes. One end of the rod ismade to slip off so that the splasher is easily removed to be. Fig. 54- washed, and replaced again without the usual damage to thewall by tacking. The designs on them are also new andpretty. A News Rack. Fig. 55 is a news rack in bead embroidery. The frameis of gilded wood, and the foundation for the embroidery isof deep maroon silk plush. The design of maple leaves isembroidered in metal beads in various shades of olive-greenand brown, red-brown and yellow. The work is done verymuch the same as crewel work, a silk thread being used,and the beads strung on four or five at a time to form a longor short stitch and of such colors as required. The beads canbe procured of every color. ?2o4- OUR HOMES AND THEIR ADORNMENTS. Three-Cornered Table. Fif^. 56 represents a three-coinered table, the frame ofwhich is of gilded wood. The tfjp is covered with shadedblue plush, ornamented with a spray of wild clematis, em-broidered in beads, the Bowels in steel, and the leaves incut-gold. The sides are draped with shaded blue plush,
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