The Library Of Work and Play: Home Decoration

About this eBook

Author

Warner, Charles Franklin, 1857-

Title

The Library of Work and Play: Home Decoration

Credits

Produced by Chris Curnow, Chris Jordan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

NK: Fine Arts: Decorative and Applied Arts, Decoration and Ornament

Subject

Handicraft

Category

Text

eBook-No.

44750

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44750

Release Date

January 25, 2014

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE CHILDREN'S LIBRARY OF WORK AND PLAY. Home Decoration
2. 2.THE LIBRARY OF WORK AND PLAY
3. 3.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.ILLUSTRATIONS
6. 6.I INTRODUCTORY — THE STORY OF A HOUSE — THE GENERAL DESIGN AND THE PLAN — FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN — THE COLOUR SCHEME — ORGANIZING THE WORK OF CONSTRUCTION — SOME DETAILS OF CONSTRUCTION
7. 7.II DECORATIONS AND FURNITURE — THE FLOORS, THE WALLS, AND THE CEILINGS — TEN COMMANDMENTS OF DECORATION — THE FURNITURE — ARRANGEMENT OF THE FURNITURE
8. 8.III PICTURES — FRAMING AN OLD-TIME INTERIOR, DRAWN IN COLOURS — FRAMING A CARBON PHOTOGRAPH OF A MASTERPIECE — PASSE-PARTOUTS — HANGING PICTURES
9. 9.IV THE ARRANGEMENT OF FLOWERS — COLOUR ARRANGEMENT — THE FLOWER HOLDERS — THE BACKGROUND — WHAT THE FLOWERS SAY ABOUT IT
10. 10.V DECORATIVE FABRICS — PORTIÈRES, WINDOW DRAPERIES, CUSHION COVERS, TABLE MATS — BLOCK PRINTING — STENCILLING — EMBROIDERY
11. 11.VI DRESS AND THE PRINCIPLES OF DECORATION
12. 12.VII FURNITURE MAKING — SELECTION AND PREPARATION OF STOCK — GLUING — PICTURE FRAMING — MAKING A FRAME FOR A LARGE PHOTOGRAPHIC REPRODUCTION — TO MAKE A KNOCK-DOWN BOOKCASE — A HANGING BOOK RACK — AN UMBRELLA STAND — A MAGAZINE STAND — A LIGHT LIBRARY TABLE — A HEAVY LIBRARY TABLE — A BOOKCASE WITH GLAZED DOORS — A ROUND CENTRE TABLE — A LIBRARY DESK — A MORRIS CHAIR — A HALL CLOCK — OUTDOOR FURNITURE — A CYLINDRICAL GARDEN VASE
13. 13.VIII FINISHING AND RE-FINISHING — CLEANING, SURFACING, AND FILLING — VARNISHING — WAX FINISH — STAINING — WHITE ENAMEL — PROBLEMS — RE-FINISHING OLD FURNITURE — PROBLEM: RE-FINISHING AN ANTIQUE MAHOGANY TABLE
14. 14.IX HAND WEAVING — THE PROCESS — PROBLEM: MAKING A RUG — PROBLEM: PORTIÈRES AND COUCH COVERS — PROBLEM: WINDOW DRAPERIES AND CURTAINS — PATTERN WEAVING — PROBLEM: A BORDERED TABLE SCARF — DYEING
15. 15.X POTTERY — MATERIALS AND TOOLS — PROBLEM: A BOWL FOR FLOWERS — PROBLEM: A VASE FOR LONG STEMMED FLOWERS — PROBLEM: THE FERN DISH — PROBLEM: THE CANDLESTICK — PROBLEM: TILES
16. 16.XI DECORATIVE WORK IN LEATHER, COPPER, AND OTHER MATERIALS — LEATHER WORK — PROBLEMS TO DESIGN AND TOOL A BELT — TO DESIGN AND TOOL A MAT — TO DESIGN AND TOOL A PEN WIPER — TO MAKE A SLIP COVER FOR A NOTE-BOOK FILLER — TO DESIGN AND MAKE A DESK PAD — TO DESIGN AND MAKE A CARD-CASE — TO MAKE A LEATHER PURSE — TO MAKE A LIMP LEATHER BOOK COVER — COPPER WORK — TO MAKE A LETTER RACK — TO MAKE A LETTER OPENER — TO MAKE A HAT PIN — TO MAKE A BELT PIN — TO MAKE A SET OF BOOK ENDS — TO MAKE A TEAPOT STAND — TO MAKE A WATCH FOB — TO MAKE A CARD TRAY — Work in Other Materials A CANDLE SHADE — ELECTRIC LIGHT PENDANTS — DECORATIVE FORGINGS
17. 17.XII CONCLUDING SUGGESTIONS — COUNTRY HOMES
18. 18.Transcriber's Notes:

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