WOMAN’S HANDIWORKIN MODERN HOMES.
BYCONSTANCE CARY HARRISON.One Volume, 8vo, Richly Bound in Illuminated Cloth, with numerous Illustrations and Five Colored Plates from designs bySamuel Colman,Rosina Emmet,George Gibson, and others.Price, $2.00.————————
Mrs. Harrison’s book combines a discussion of the principles of design and decoration, practical chapters on embroidery, painting on silk and china, etc., with most helpful hints as to the domestic manufacture of many objects of use and beauty in house-furnishing, and also suggestions for the arrangement and decoration of rooms in the details of screens, portieres, the mantel-piece, etc.
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“A volume quite the most comprehensive of its kind ever published.”—The Art Interchange.“It is, indeed, the most comprehensive and practical guide to the amateur decorative arts that has yet appeared.”—Art Amateur.“The work supplies a current need of the day, which nothing else has met.”—Boston Traveller.“Unquestionably one of the very best of its class that we have.”—N. Y. Evening Post.“Mrs. Harrison has grouped together in her book about as much useful information as it is possible to get together in the same number of pages.”—Baltimore Gazette.“Mrs. Harrison’s book is one of the very few books on household art which can be unreservedly commended.”—The World.“Mrs. Harrison’s suggestions are within the reach of the most limited means.”—The Critic.“Full of suggestions, descriptions, and illustrations, of the kind that fascinate all those whose chief joy is in making home beautiful and happy.”—N. Y. Observer.“Everything important that relates to the furnishing and ornamentation of houses will be found in this work, which is rich in important information, and noticeable for its good taste, sound judgment, and practical wisdom.”—Boston Saturday Eve. Gazette.“Mrs. Harrison seems to have included in her work instructions for every æsthetic emergency that can arise in a household.”—Providence Journal.
“A volume quite the most comprehensive of its kind ever published.”—The Art Interchange.
“It is, indeed, the most comprehensive and practical guide to the amateur decorative arts that has yet appeared.”—Art Amateur.
“The work supplies a current need of the day, which nothing else has met.”—Boston Traveller.
“Unquestionably one of the very best of its class that we have.”—N. Y. Evening Post.
“Mrs. Harrison has grouped together in her book about as much useful information as it is possible to get together in the same number of pages.”—Baltimore Gazette.
“Mrs. Harrison’s book is one of the very few books on household art which can be unreservedly commended.”—The World.
“Mrs. Harrison’s suggestions are within the reach of the most limited means.”—The Critic.
“Full of suggestions, descriptions, and illustrations, of the kind that fascinate all those whose chief joy is in making home beautiful and happy.”—N. Y. Observer.
“Everything important that relates to the furnishing and ornamentation of houses will be found in this work, which is rich in important information, and noticeable for its good taste, sound judgment, and practical wisdom.”—Boston Saturday Eve. Gazette.
“Mrs. Harrison seems to have included in her work instructions for every æsthetic emergency that can arise in a household.”—Providence Journal.
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