Home arts for old and young
Home arts for old and young is an 1873 handicraft and amusements book by Caroline L. Smith, published in Boston and New York by Lee and Shepard, aimed at family readers of all ages. Its pictures are a decorative District of Columbia title panel with two draped standing figures flanking a central seal, and a Library of Congress 1800 eagle bookplate-style stamp; a designer might take from them the formal, symmetrical framing of classical allegorical borders and the crisp ring-and-eagle emblem treatment.
