Dresser, Christopher · London : Cassell, Petter, & Galpin · leaf 146
look well if portions are covered ; and these remarks will apply equally to all kinds of plates, whether intended for use at dinner or dessert. No plate should have a landscape painted upon it, nor a figure, nor a group of flowers. Whatever has a right and wrong way upwards is inappropriate in such… … sented should manifest Fig. lifS. the utmost cleanliness, yet to a cream tint there can be no objection. I should, however, prefer whits plates, with a rather deep blue, Indian red, maroon, or brown pattern upon them, and a pale bufl: table-cloth for them to rest upon. In the case of cups and…
Decoration and ornament
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