Post by braided-rug on Apr 19, 2006 22:06:50 GMT 10
(In the Dining Room) long curtains of Nottingham lace hung before the small paned windows, and green linen blinds kept out the strong light and glare of the sun. Around the walls hung pictures of sorts, print of famous paintings...
Almost always a picture of Queen Victoria in a chair with a crown on over a lace veil, occupied the place of honour over the mantle-piece; and in some strange way she seemed to be almost the Head of house as well as Queen of England.
Mantle-shelves held glass vases of flowers, an eight-day clock with pansies or a dog's head on the glass front, family photos and little china dogs or figurettes. It was usually hung with a green or maroon baize drape embroidered with chenille sun-flowers and edged with bobble fringes - usually smoke-darkened.
The Front Room or Holy of Holies was almost identical in farmhouses of the late eighties or early nineties. A lino covered the floor, a round table stood in the exact centre of the room and on this reposed the huge and heavily-clasped Famiy Bible, and a red plush album containing photos of friends and relations."
Awhile ago, I mentioned I was going to type up something my Great Grandma's sister wrote about Victorian decorating.
Agnes' parents were pioneers of the area called the Wimmera and she herself a pioneer of the wheatbelt in Western Australia or WA. This description was of her mother's house.
Almost always a picture of Queen Victoria in a chair with a crown on over a lace veil, occupied the place of honour over the mantle-piece; and in some strange way she seemed to be almost the Head of house as well as Queen of England.
Mantle-shelves held glass vases of flowers, an eight-day clock with pansies or a dog's head on the glass front, family photos and little china dogs or figurettes. It was usually hung with a green or maroon baize drape embroidered with chenille sun-flowers and edged with bobble fringes - usually smoke-darkened.
The Front Room or Holy of Holies was almost identical in farmhouses of the late eighties or early nineties. A lino covered the floor, a round table stood in the exact centre of the room and on this reposed the huge and heavily-clasped Famiy Bible, and a red plush album containing photos of friends and relations."
Awhile ago, I mentioned I was going to type up something my Great Grandma's sister wrote about Victorian decorating.
Agnes' parents were pioneers of the area called the Wimmera and she herself a pioneer of the wheatbelt in Western Australia or WA. This description was of her mother's house.
