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 GRECIAN AND MODERN VILLA FURNITURE. 1071 and the pillar of support is round in the upper part, so as to change the position of the desk at pleasure. Fig. 1 964 is another music-stand, the desk of which also rises out of the pillar. The top, when not wanted for music, folds down quite flat, and forms a small table. Fig. 1965, to a scale of three quarters of an inch to a foot, is what is called a music Canterbury. Its use is to hold music-books ; and, as may be seen in the figure, the feet have castors for moving it about at pleasure. Fig. 1966 is another music Canterbury, of an elegant but rather expensive con- struction. Musical instruments being, in all cases, articles of luxury, ought never to be made otherwise than ornamental. For this reason, not only the most beautiful forms ought to be employed, but rare and curious woods, shown off to the best advantage by French polish. Brass candlesticks, and other brass ornaments attached to them, we, for our own particular taste, would avoid, and either use plated steel, or bronze ; possibly ivory or ebony might, in some cases, be partially or wholly substituted for brass or any other metal. 2124. Alusic- Stool. Fig. 1 968 is a music-stool, pillow-stuffed. It rises from the stand by turning round the top, which raises a male screw contained in the female one formed in the pillar. The sci-ew is commonly made of wood ; but iron is preferable, as working better, and lasting longer. 2125. Portfolio-stands are useful pieces of furniture both in libraries and in drawing- rooms. Fig. 1967 is a view of a stand for port- folios, or large prints, in which the portfolios can be conveniently locked up when the family are from home. The two fronts fall down to any degree at pleasure, till they both be- come level, as shown in the section, fig. 1969, and thus admit of easily exa- mining the prints or draw- ings. Articles of this de- scription are usually made without the ends, and with the two framed sides; but by this plan the portfolios have to be taken out before they can be opened, and, besides, they cannot be locked up. 2126. Flower-stands. Fig. 1970 is a kind of flower-stand, which is com- monly called a jardiniere. A tin pan fits into the top, which has a cover of trelliswork, or of pierced tin, through which cut flowers are put into wet sand. A loose top of rosewood is made to fit into the recess which contains the tin pan, to be put in when the stand is not wanted for flowers, in order to render it useful as a small table. Prince Puckler-Muskau mentions a flower- 1971