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TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Embroidery(5-13)
- Knitting(44-165)
- Crochet(166-318)
- Netting(319-354)
- Tatting(355-379)
- Painting(380-415)
- Paper Flower Making(416-445)
- Drawn Work(446-453)
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Title: Home Decorative Work
Editor: Effie N. Merryman “The Housekeeper”
Format/Publication Date: HC:1890
Publisher: Buckeye Publishing Co., Minneapolis, Minn.
Language: English
Page Count: 464
Book Dimensions(ht. x w.): 8 1/2" x 6"
ISBN: None
SUMMARY- This book is a compilation of 8 disciplines used to beautify the home at the turn of the 19th century - to put in context - the West was still considered wild but you could see civilization from there. This book was put together by the editor of a popular magazine of the time. The tatting lesson is primitive but illustrated and was prepared by the publishers of "Florence Home Needle-work", with "Housekeeper" patterns included- Scallops Joined Together at the Top, Scallps with Picots, Tatted Insertion(2), Edging of Tatting with Crochet(2), Tatted Edging(3), Medallion(2), Insertion of Tatting and Crochet, Everlasting Insertion, Clover-Leaf Edging, Bessie Lace, Duchess Lace, Wheel for Tidy, Rosette for Yoke or Insertion, Star Edging, Euphemia Lace, Empress Insertion, Tatted Rosette, Handkerchief Border, Child's Collar, Vandyke Collar. This is all very traditional stuff.
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