This section is from the book "The Table: How To Buy Food, How to Cook It, and How to Serve It", by Alessandro Filippini. Also available from Amazon: The Table: How To Buy Food, How To Cook It And How To Serve It.
Cut a piece of white duck-cloth as follows: twenty-four inches wide at the top, twenty inches deep, and three inches at the lower end. Fold, and sew up length-wise, so as to make a perfect cornet-bag. Hem the top and the bottom, and the pastry bag will then be ready for use.
The accompanying design will show how it should be made.

 
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