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 GRECIAN AND MODERN VILLA FURNITURE. 1045 1875 convenient. There is an open sarcophagus-shaped wine-cooler beneath, standing on a plinth. The inside of this wine-cooler may either be lined with lead, or it may contain a block-tin case, with handles, to lift out. Ice is frequently put into these wine-coolers, in order to surround the decanters or bottles set in them, when the wine is to be cooled. Castors are sunk into the plinth of the sarcophagus, that it may be drawn out from beneath the sideboard, and pushed in again at pleasure. Fig. 1872 is a sideboard supported in front by carved scroll standards, rising from a hollow plinth ; there ai-e two drawers under the top, and bronzed rods at the back. A sarcophagus with a hinged lid below, fixed on a hollow plinth with castors, is partitioned and lined with lead, so that ice can be put round each separate bottle. Fig. 1873 is a sideboard supported in front by massive carved standards, with what is called a " shaped sarco- phagus" underneath ; the top of which lifts off by means of the carved handle. There are bronzed rods at the back of the sideboard. Figs. 1874 and 1875 are end views of figs. 1872 and 1873 ; by which it appears that the carved standards are a good deal in the style of Louis XIV. Figs. 1876 and 1877 are two small sideboard tables, usually placed in large dining- rooms, for the convenience of holding the dessert, the 1876 plate, the glasses, and other articles in use, while the top of the principal side- board is covered with ar- ticles for display. These side-tables should always be placed on castors, for the convenience of moving them about from one part of the room to another ; or out of the rooms occa- sionally, when they are covered with things to be carried away. Most of the articles in this subsection we consider in very good taste, nicre is not the