Identifier: godeysladysboo00phil (find matches)
Title: Godey's lady's book
Year: 1840 (1840s)
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Subjects: Women American literature Costume Arts
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : L.A. Godey
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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more time, than that of merely stitching.All this is saved by this tucking attachment,which is invaluable in families or dress-makingestablishments, where there is tucking to bedone. The Tucker is very simple and easy ofadjustment, and never gets out of order. Itdoes not retard, but rather facilitates, the re-gular operation of the machine, so that experi-enced hands say it works more rapidly, andwith greater ease. Our own experience in usingit has been so entirely satisfactory, that we canrecommend it with pleasure to those who areso fortunate as to possess a good sewing-ma- WORK DEPARTMENT. 185 chine. In fact, once tried, it becomes indis-pensable as a sewing-machine itself. They are retailed at $5 each. Mme. Demo-rest, 473 Broadway, has the exclusive agency for them, but we suppose they can be orderedthrough any of the agents for the various sew-ing-machines. When ordering, it is necessaryto state on what machine they are to be used. *»+»■» TABLE COYER BOEDER BRAIDED ON CLOTH.
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The table-cover is one of those articles whichconstantly require renewing more or less fre-quently—of course, according to the usage towhich they are subjected. It is very useful tobe able to take a square of cloth and enlarge itto the necessary size by means of a border,which at the same time renders it ornamental.The design we are now giving is for an oblongof two different patterns, to be executed on twodifferent colored cloths, in two different coloredbraids, and placed alternately. Thus, suppos-ing the centre of the cloth to be a deep gray,the border may be scarlet and blue, with maize-color braid on the blue, and black braid onthe scarlet. Supposing the cloth to be a deepcrimson, then a border of black and violetbraided with maize on both looks well. If green,purple and nut-brown, braided with maize andblack, will also be in good taste. There is alsoanother mode, which gives this sort of table- cover an Oriental look, and that is, to take-every possible variety of colored clot

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