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 lOGS COTTAGE, FARM, AND VILLA ARCHITECTURE, ornament ; and, therefore, that they deserved the approbation of the reader. By intro- ducing other tables, however, less perfect with regard to unity of style, we have an op- portunity of contrasting the good and the bad ; and of showing forcibly, in what the difference between these qua- lities consists. We think it the more desirable to do this, because these tables, both the good and the bad, are made in hundreds by the London cabinet-makers ; and are purchased by their customers, without the latter thinking any thing about their unity of style. 2117. Card Tables. Fig. 1 953 is a card table with a carved pillar and a revolving top, the principle of which has been already explained, § 630. 2118. Loo Tables. Figs. 1954 and 1955 are loo tables, which may be executed in rosewood, or in any other rare and handsome foreign wood. These tables, appear to us imobjectionable, in point of taste ; the legs and bottom rails are of elegant forms, ex- hibiting a great variety of lines, and of light and shade, all in harmony among them- selves, and not inconsistent with the tops. 2119. Ecarte Table. Fig. 1956 is a table of this description, with the top open. The oval part is lined with cloth or velvet ; the top revolves like that of a card table, and shuts up so as to form a small work table, when not wanted for playing on, 2120. Chess Tables. Figs. 1957 and 1958 are two different patterns of chess tables richly ornamented, and considered handsome. There is a semicircular compartment on eacli side, on which to place the chessmen, or lights ; there is also a drawer to each table ; and there are concealed castors in the legs. 2121. Stands for Books. Fig. 1960 is a pedestal stand for containing such books as may be considered ornamental in a drawingroom. There are shelves on all the four sides, and the angles are cut off by coves, as shown in the plan. On the top of the stand may be placed an elegant vase, with or without flowers ; a globe of water containing gold- fishes ; or a bust, or other object, according to the taste and pursuits of the lady of the house.