Lesson in the Tapestry of Dreams
A Lesson in the Tapestry of Dreams
by Eminent Women
Accompany us for a lesson in design to be held
in the space over the plush vision which is
narrower at the bottom and level
with the edge of thought.
Source: A Lesson in Tapestry Painting by Emma Haywood, 1889.
How, When, and Where to Sow Dream Seeds
Source text: Ninth Annual Catalogue of Vegetable, Agricultural, and Flower Seeds, by Geo. S. Haskell & Co; 1872.
Plainly Show the Wound
Here is another example of a Convenience in Primitive-School style. 
Source: Farm Conveniences, by Byron David Halsted, 1884.
Some Old Dreams
Source text: Some Old Egyptian Librarians by Ernest Cushing Richardson, 1911.
Domestic Dream Work 1
Source text: Machine Embroidery Hand-book, Domestic Sewing Machine Company, 1886.
Inconvenience: Weapons of Nightmares 1
Source text: The Fan in All Ages by Grolier Club, 1891.
What is Genre Dreaming?
Source text: The Masters of Genre Painting by Sir Frederick Wedmore, 1880.
Dream Nostalgia
Original Text: Rainfall, Flow of Streams and Storage by Desmond Fitzgerald, Desmond, 1892
Flow of Dreams from Possibility
Original Text: Flow of Steam from Nozzles by John Perry, 1903.
Source: The Railway Transition Spiral by A. N. Talbot, 1901.
Imagination as a Shield
Source Text: Osmotic Pressure of Solutions of Cane-Sugar by William Lee Kennon, 1906.
Warning to Practitioners
Source Text: Methods of Sampling Cream for Testing and Their Relation to Creamery Practice, Nelson William Hepburn, 1910.
Dreamers Gravitate to the Shores of the Imagination
Source: Haunts of Collectors, 1883, The Art Amateur.
Stained Dreams District Council
Annual Report of The Medical Officer of Health, The Urban District Council of Staines, 1906.
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