Author: TREMAINE, BESSIE.
Title: Washing and Cleaning. A Manual for Domestic Use.
Description: London: Frederick Warne and Co, nd (c.1881). Contents: I. General Remarks; II.The Laundry Proper - Utensils Necessary for Ironing - How to Keep them When not in Use; III.The Art of Washing - Sorting Clothes for the Wash - How to Wash Table-Linen - Bed-Linen - House-Linen - Body-Linen - Fine Things; IV. The Art of Washing Continued - Dresses - Flannels - Coloured Stockings - Blankets - Quilts - Curtains; V. Starching and Ironing - To Glaze Shirt-Fronts - Cuffs abd Collars - How to Fold after Ironing - What to Mangle and How to Fold for the Mangle; VI. Infants' Clothing - Laces and Fine Things; VII. To Remove Stains from Linen, Cloth, Silk, Velvet, etc - To Renovate Black Silk, Cloth, Merino - To Clean White Satin, White Fur - To Take Out Mildew; VIII. On laying by Winter Dresses - Jackets - Furs - Blankets - Moths in Furniture and Carpets; IX. Laying by Summer Dresses - Curtains; X. Washing Day Grievances - Rules and Regulations. 18cms x 12cms. Pp.vi/116/6(publisher's catalogue). Green decorated cloth, black title to front and spine, edges rubbed and bumps to corners. Scarce. G+.

Keywords: Bessie Tremaine Washing Cleaning Manual Domestic Laundry Ironing Table Linen Ben Linen House Linen Clothes Dresses Flannels Stockings Blankets Quilts Curtains Starch Glaze Shirt Fronts Mangle 47428 Laundry


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