[Rarebooks] FS: Victorian Interior Decoration in 1889

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

"Home Decoration: Art Needlework and Embroidery; Painting on Silk, Satin,
and Velvet; Panel-Painting; and Wood-Carving"

By Janet E. Ruutz-Rees.

Published by D. Appleton and Company: 1889.

A charming little manual which provides insight into Victorian needlework
and craftwork design rules and methods. Includes chapters on materials &
prices, stitches, window hangings & portieres, screens, lambrequins &
small panels, incidental decorations, and a short section on wood carving.
Features designs by George Gibson. From the ‘Appleton’s Home Books’
series.

Hardcover. 5”x7.5”, 65 line illustrations. Publisher’s decorated covers,
front hinge cracked but tight, name cut from front free endpaper, light
soil, covers a bit rubbed.  $85~

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