The Ladies Work Table Book Containing Clear And Practical Instructions In Plain And Fancy Needlework Embroidery Knitting Netting And Crochet

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Hardcover reprint of the original 185-? edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9. No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience. For quality purposes, all text and images are printed as black and white. This item is printed on demand. Book Information: . The Ladies' Work-Table Book: Containing Clear And Practical Instructions In Plain And Fancy Needlework, Embroidery, Knitting, Netting, And Crochet. Indiana: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012. Original Publishing: . The Ladies' Work-Table Book: Containing Clear And Practical Instructions In Plain And Fancy Needlework, Embroidery, Knitting, Netting, And Crochet, . Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson, 185-?

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Excerpt from The Ladies Work-Table Book: Containing Clear and Practical Instructions in Plain and Fancy Needlework, Embroidery, Knitting, Netting, and Crochet I r n be true that home scenes are rendered happy or miserable in proportion to the good or evil influence exercised over them by woman - as sister, wife, or mother - it will be admitted as a fact or the utmost importance, that every thing should be done to im prove the taste, cultivate the understanding, and elevate the charac ter of those high priestesses of our domestic sanctuaries. The page of history informs us, that the progress of any nation in mor als, civilization, and refinement, is in proportion to the elevated or degraded position in which woman is placed in society; and the same instructive volume Will enable us to perceive, that the fanciful creations of the needle, have exerted a marked influence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.