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The forgotten household crafts / John Seymour.
LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia Circulating TX15 .S49 1987
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Seymour, John, 1914-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Home economics--History.
- Home economics.
- Cooking.
- Bee culture.
- Dairy processing.
- Laundry.
- House cleaning.
- Fancy work.
- Weaving.
- Local Subjects:
- Bee culture.
- Dairy processing.
- Laundry.
- House cleaning.
- Fancy work.
- Weaving.
- Physical Description:
- 192 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
- Edition:
- 1st American ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Knopf, 1987.
- Contents:
- Kitchen crafts
- Preparing food
- Open-hearth cooking
- Cooking at a range
- Baking
- Storing food
- Salting & pickling
- Drying & smoking
- Bottling & canning
- Preserves & confectionery
- Chilling food
- Cleaning & maintenance
- Washing the dishes
- Providing water
- Tea making
- Coffee making
- Ale & beer making
- Wine & cider making
- Herbs & spices
- Keeping livestock
- Keeping bees
- Dairy crafts
- Milk & milk treatments
- Making & using cream
- Butter making
- Cheese making
- Making ice cream
- Laundry crafts
- Drawing water
- Making lye & soap
- Washing linen
- Drying linen
- Pressing linen
- Dyeing
- Around the home
- Gathering & making fuels
- Heating
- Beds & bedrooms
- Home doctoring
- Bathing & the toilet
- Dining & entertaining
- Candle & oil lighting
- Gas & electric lighting
- Cleaning
- Chimney sweeping
- Waste disposal
- Controlling pests & vermin
- Textile crafts
- Spinning
- Weaving
- Mat & rug making
- Lace making
- Crochet
- Tatting & macrame
- Knitting
- Making & repairing clothes
- Quilting & patchwork
- Smocking
- Embroidery
- Decorative crafts
- Painting & papering
- Stenciling
- Furniture & furnishings
- Ornamenting the home
- Festivals & decorations.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Gift of Mari Katherine Hodges.
- ISBN:
- 0394558308
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