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 GRECIAN AND MODERN VILLA FURNITURE. 1057 1908 There is a slip of wood fixed on the under side of the top, which drops down in front, and completes the panel ; thus shutting the whole up close. A glass is fixed on the under side of the cover, which rises with a rack and horse. There are two doors below, in the inside of which are shelves, and a space for keeping the ewer with the water ; or it may be fitted up with any appropriate convenience that may be desired. 2100. Chairs. Figs. 191 1 and 1912 are two easy reclining chairs for a library, parlour, or other sitting-room. They are covered with morocco leather, with button tufts ; and they are very easy to sit upon. Fig. 1913 is a view of Dawe's reclining chair for an invalid : the position of the back of this chair can be varied at pleasure, and the projecting part in fi-ont can be elongated, or adjusted to any slope. When it is not wanted to be used as a reclining chair, the back can be fixed upright ; and the front projection slid in, so as to produce the appearance of a common easy chair. 2101. Library Glass. Fig. 1914 is a library chimney-glass, the frame of which may be made of maho- gany or maple wood, or of deal gilt or bronzed. A plinth for it to stand on, half an inch in thick- ness, of ebony, ought to be added ; not only for effect, but to prevent the gilding or bronzing of the frame from being injured by washing the mantel-shelf. We may observe here, that it is a common and commendable prac- tice, when housemaids are dusting the walls of rooms, to have a narrow slip of thin deal in one hand to place against the edges of the mouldings to prevent them from being rubbed. 2102. The Window Curtains of a Library may be formed of the same shapes and materials as those recommended for the dining-room, § 2090. 2103. The general Appearance of a library fitted up with a continued range of book- shelves is so simple as not to require delineation in a work like the present. A very 6 I