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 1066 COTTAGE, FAIIM, AND VILLA AIICHITECTURE. 1944 which resembles the preceding one in every respect, except in being rather plainer These are very useful articles for industrious young ladies. We have seen some of them, and also of the articles in the two preceding and two following paragraphs, in ]Mr. Dalziel's show-room, of much more elaborate beauty, executed in the rarest exotic woods, and finished with French polish ; but we have preferred giving these simple Designs, as likely to be more generally useful. 2115. Lady's Work Tables. Figs. 1947 and 1949 are fitted up with drawers for holding cottons ; and they have bag frames, which are of wood, covered with fluted silk, and fringed at bottom for containing work. 2116. Sofa Tables. Figs. 1948, 1950, 1951, and 1952 are four dif- ferent varieties of sofa or occasional tables for drawingrooms. Drawers may be introduced under the tops ; but the effect is not then so good, as it requires the upper part of the frame to be made deeper, and consequently gives the table too massive a character for an article of drawing- room furniture. In examining whether the tables, in this and the preceding paragraph,