The Household - Vol.17 - No.7 (July 1884)

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The Household is a domestic periodical issue dated July 1884, presenting period reflections and practical guidance rooted in late-medieval and early modern household life. It discusses agricultural conditions and labor arrangements across rural England, including tenant obligations, demesne cultivation, seasonal hardship, and the evolution of tenure toward leases. The issue also turns to practical home furnishing and decoration, describing room treatments and textile-style curtain concepts with attention to materials and matching finishes for an ideal domestic space.

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THE HOUSEHOLD

Practical Decoration

The Golden Grain

Agricultural and Tenure Notes

The household.Vol.17,No.7 July 1884 Brattleboro,Vt.:Geo.E.Crowell,July 1884 https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/SNTRM4UBS7HSE86 Based on date of publication,this material is presumed to be in the publicdomain. For information on re-use see: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/Copyright The libraries provide public access to a wide range of material,including online exhibits,digitizedcollections,archival finding aids,our catalog,online articles,and a growing range of materials in manymedia. When possible,we provide rights information in catalog records,finding aids,and other metadata thataccompanies collections or items.However,it is always the user's obligation to evaluate copyright andrights issues in light of their own use. alie CLEAISG瓶私 KNCGHES Kil Le Pat,Bs No.7. Vol.I7. BRATTLEBORO,VT.,JULY,I884. of floating labor to deflnite areas of employment.In spite of statutes,however,the market remained in the laborer's北ig gl期hands.The comfort of the worker rose with his wages.But there were darkshades in this general prosperity of thefarming class.There were seasons ofthe ycar during which employment forthe floating mass of labor was hard toflnd.In the long interval between har-vest-tide and harvest-tide work and foodAFTER the deft fngers of the help-were allke scarce in the mediæeval home-ful daughters have prepared thestead.cheap but pretty curtains of cheese clothThe agriculture of this period was gen-adorned with drawn work,or old-timeerally as low as was possible in an agestitching in colors to match the draperymaking any pretentions to civilization.and general furnishing of the little par-No hoed crops or edible vegetables werelor,then comes the question of cornices.cultivated,and even as late as the reign ofWe will presume that our ideal room hasHenry VIII.,Queen Catherine was obligedhad the mantel or a thin board laid overto send to Flanders for salad to supplyit,covered with crimson flannel,finelyher table.Neither Indian corn,potatoes,twillled,quality about seventy-flve centssquashes,carrots nor turuips,wereknowna yard;a valance of same put on plainlyin England till after the beginning of theof the depth of an outer curtain of seinesixteenth century.The peasants sub-twine,minus the fringe.This grey cur-sisted chiefly upon bread made of oats ortain of macrame cord,seine twine,orbarley,ground in the quern or hand mill,"shoe thread,"can be either a handsomeand baked by themselves.They knew thepattern of macrame lace or hand knituse neither of coffee,tea or sugar.from any open pattern of forty or moreHoney took the place of the latter,andstitches,or it may be even less artistical-mead or beer was the beverage in com-ly made,simply crocheted;the work ofmon use.this depends upon the abllity of theworkWe may flx upon the sixteenth centurywoman.After tying in a deep fringethis grey curtain should be tacked overas the time when Europe awoke from itslong slumber.From that time to thethe plain red valance,with gllt tacks.present,the gradual elevation of the mid-The tables and stands should be cov-dle and lower classes has continued,andered with either crimson plush,felt oragriculture has steadily advanced.flannel,and grey bordered to match themantel,or one or more might have greyfelt or flannel cover and a deep fringe ofred and gold for curtain. THE HOUSEHOLD. cial organization of every rural part ofEngland rested,had divided the land,forthe purposes of cultivation and of inter-nal order,into a number of large estates;in each of which about a fourth of thesoil was usually retained by the owrerof the manor as his demesne or homefarm,while the remainder was distributedamong tenants who were bound to renderservice to their lord.This service andthe time of rendering it had become lim-ited by custom.Each man owned hislittle hut with the plot around it and hadthe privilege of turning out a few cattle on the waste of the manor.The laborr

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What issue does The Household correspond to in the document?

It is listed as Vol.17, No.7 for July 1884 (Brattleboro, Vt.).

What topics are covered alongside household decoration?

The text includes discussion of agricultural life, seasonal labor, and rural tenure arrangements, linking farming conditions to domestic well-being.

How does the document describe changes in rural land management?

It notes a shift toward leases, where lords let manors to tenants for rent in money or kind, supporting the emergence of related terms such as “farm” and “farmer” from the leasing system.

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