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PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-100393249484
ISBN-139780393249484
eBay Product ID (ePID)208630329
Product Key Features
Book TitleMind Your Manors
Number of Pages128 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2016
TopicCleaning, Caretaking & Organizing
IllustratorYes
GenreHouse & Home
AuthorLucy Lethbridge
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight9.5 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2015-048488
Dewey Edition23
ReviewsEschewing modern conveniences, Lethbridge evokes early Downton Abbey in this elegant collection of entertaining tips culled from decades of the care of elegant English homes, dating from the Victorian through the Edwardian years., Mind Your Manors is highly entertaining, with advice gleaned from servants, housekeeping guides, and manuals from the last two centuries.
Dewey Decimal648/.5
SynopsisBritish estates were known to be the epitome of cleanliness with their white-glove perfection. Through her meticulous research on servants, Lucy Lethbridge gleaned much knowledge about how these homes were made to gleam over almost two centuries, from the Victorian through the Edwardian years and beyond. The majority of household tasks were done with basic ingredients like lemon juice, white vinegar, and bicarbonate of soda, which feel very modern in their display of frugality and ecological soundness. Tea leaves were used to freshen up rugs and stewed rhubarb to remove rust stains. Here, Lethbridge reveals these old-fashioned and almost-forgotten techniques that made British households sparkle before the use of complicated contraptions and a spray for every surface. A treasury of advice from servants' memoirs and housekeeping guides, and illustrated with charming art from period advertising and domestic classics, Mind Your Manors is the perfect book for all those who want to put time-tested cleaning methods to work., The author of Servants tells us what made British households, of all sizes, shine. British estates were known to be the epitome of cleanliness with their white-glove perfection. Through her meticulous research on servants, Lucy Lethbridge gleaned much knowledge about how these homes were made to gleam over almost two centuries, from the Victorian through the Edwardian years and beyond. The majority of household tasks were done with basic ingredients like lemon juice, white vinegar, and bicarbonate of soda, which feel very modern in their display of frugality and ecological soundness. Tea leaves were used to freshen up rugs and stewed rhubarb to remove rust stains. Here, Lethbridge reveals these old-fashioned and almost-forgotten techniques that made British households sparkle before the use of complicated contraptions and a spray for every surface. A treasury of advice from servants' memoirs and housekeeping guides, and illustrated with charming art from period advertising and domestic classics, Mind Your Manors is the perfect book for all those who want to put time-tested cleaning methods to work.
LC Classification NumberTX324.L46 2016
