However, the muslin adornments soon lose their crispness and it is better to purchase a rattan or iron crib…with a frame or rod from which to suspend curtains of China silk or some pretty washing material, held in place with bows of ribbon…Iron cribs painted in white and gold with brass knobs and finishing are very effective. The nearest some poorer households got to special sleeping arrangements for children was a trundle bed.
The horsehair mattress would have been approved by the American doctor quoted lower down the page. He was one of many 19th century writers criticising featherbeds feather mattresses as too warm, too soft, or too unhygienic. This was one topic where health and sales advice generally agreed. This selection was typical of England. In the USA cotton was a common mattress stuffing. A fender guard and fire irons were more or less essential. The washstands recommended remind us how much nuisance there would be carrying hot water jugs and basins around.
Even with indoor plumbing in wealthy homes , a washstand was standard in middle- and upper-class bedrooms. The furniture of a nursery should be as little in quantity as convenience will permit…It should therefore consist of the beds for the children and nurse, or I would rather say mattresses, as I am of the opinion feather beds are improper, for the following reasons:—firstly, they are too warm for the purposes of health, …thus giving rise to unnecessary, nay, injurious perspiration; secondly, the effluvium from feathers is extremely oppressive, particularly in warm weather…thirdly, they discharge a prodigious quantity of dust, …occasioning cough and other inconveniences.
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Influenced by Asian and Persian rugs, Victorian rug designers frequently used curving, interlocking shapes, echoing the forms of the natural world. Depending on the room size, a smaller round rug with a delicate pattern and a soft combination of pastel colors might work best in a nursery. Toward the end of the Victorian era, the Tiffany lamp emerged as a decorative lighting alternative.
Tiffany lamps featured pastel or bright, glowing colors, which coordinate well with other nursery decor. Fringe and beading, embellishments that were commonly seen on Victorian curtain tiebacks, were sometimes included on Tiffany lamps as well as other lamps from the period. Window treatments were layered, featuring a lace undercurtain, which was described as a glass curtain.
Supposing bars are not possible for some reason, hammer a strong nail into the window frame above the lower sash, so that it cannot be raised more than about six inches. The most hygienic plan is to have the nursery windows free from blinds, as, with the exception of the Venetian variety, they all exclude air, and the latter, alas!
Still, it is convenient to be able to screen the windows at times, in order to soften the light or make the room cosy in winter; so soft casement cloth curtains, in tints to harmonise with the room, are often used, for they wash perfectly, and only need to be plainly ironed. In Britain boys appear to have left the nursery when they were sent off to their boarding school.
At the beginning of the 19th century this event varied from about as schools had not yet developed uniform entry ages. By the end of the 19th century preparatory schools taking boys at about 8 years of age had become well established.
And as a result this age appears to have been a common age for leaving the nursery. It was less common to sent girls to school so the ages spent in the nursery were more varied. I assume American parents more or less followed the British, but I'm less sure about the French and other European parents.
Pmve parents have selected a room, the nexy step as to equip it. The Walls Here is adbise on the balls and floors. If, however, the old method is preferred, the whitewashing should be done every spring. Ceilings and walls give wide scope for artistic and original ideas, as long as the rule that ideal nurseries must be washable throughout is always remembered.
Perhaps the greatest favourite for nursery-wall coverings is some form of washable distemper, or enamelled paint in pale tints, with decorative bands or friezes of paper made in designs of quaint figures, animals, birds, etc. If liked, washable papers illustrating nursery rhymes, etc. In some nurseries the dado is made of pretty oilcloth, fastened to the wall with a dado rail above of a darker contrasting colour.
This scheme is simple, costs little, is very strong, and easily kept clean. What shall our babies walk and crawl on is another absorbing question. Try a good cork carpet with a pattern not self-coloured, as these show the dust too much. It is warm, wash-able, strong, and pretty, and affords no resting-place for the dust fiend.
A few washable cotton rugs in blue and white or other colourings can be laid down here and there, but care must be taken that children do not trip over them. So far as comfort goes, nothing can beat the modern nursery furniture now procurable from many good firms.
Simplicity is the rule, and furniture of best quality is made in plain oak or stained wood, for painted and highly polished surfaces too soon show the wear and tear of nursery customs. Rounded corners to everything are necessary for sharp-pointed edges have resulted in many a serious cut and scar. Supposing the furniture now in use is of the latter description, a cabinet-maker will very soon remedy the danger. Miniature nursery tables, chairs, etc. They are made in wood or cane, and are more comfortable and safer than high tables and chairs.
A cosy, broad sofa is an invaluable possession in the nursery. A toy cupboard of some description is essential, or the nursery can never be called ideal. The shelves ought to be low enough to be within easy reach of the children. Not only does it help to keep the nursery tidy, but it is also a never-ending source of delight to the chicks; for is it not their very own, in which they can hoard unchecked the hundred and one treasures that unfeeling nurses are apt to catalogue as rubbish?
A toy table is considered a very great treasure. It may easily be fashioned at home. There must be an edge round to prevent marbles, etc.
It should have castors, so that it can be easily pushed about, and it must be sufficiently strong to bear the child, who will inevitably use it as a seat.
One of the latest and most successful additions to the nursery is a sort of sheep-fold, in which baby can crawl about without injury to himself or worry to a busy nurse or mother. A crawling-mat made of thick, soft material, on to which are appliqued animals and birds cut out of some bright-hued scraps, is also very useful. Babies simply love to roll and crawl on these mats, and hold contented converse with the zoological specimens adorning their surface. Nurse, on her part, will demand a big cosy chair, in which she can cuddle and pet her small charges, a lock-up medicine cupboard to fix on the wall, far from the reach of any inquisitive fingers, and a reliable clock, but not one that strikes or has one of those aggravatingly aggressive ticks.
A very high fireguard is an absolute necessity, and one that covers the grate right over is excellent, for children seem to find anything to do with fire irresistibly attractive. If liked, an outside rail may be affixed to the guard, on which a few little garments may be warmed; but on no account allow the nursery to be used as a laundry or drying-room, for this practice, beloved by inexperienced nurses, renders the air steamy and unwholesome.
Besides this there is the danger from fire. Unless a place is provided for these, it is unreasonable to expect an orderly nursery. A few good pictures on the walls have a real educational value. Crudely-coloured and badly-drawn prints, etc. Lightt of course was ikmportant. This was affected by aspect. We see all kinds of indoor plants in period photography. Ome source did not think that they weere duitabloe for thr nursery.
Above all, they should not be placed in the window where they obstruct the light and air. A few geranium cuttings or a pot of musk provide interest and amusement, and the unfolding of a new leaf or a blossom gives instruction in simple plant life, but a nursery should never be crowded with growing things.
Never allow anything in the way of rubbish to accumulate. One interesting source, was The Housewife's Reason Why wih provided all kinds of instructions, in many cases of dubevious value.
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