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 GRECIAN AND MODERN VILLA FURNITURE. 1079 SuBSECT. 6. Grecian and Modern Furniture for Bed-rooms and Dressing-rooms. 2132. Bedsteads. Fig. 1981 is a bedstead ^th a mahogany ogee cornice, in the hollow of which is fixed a small brass or bronzed rod, a, by a bronzed or brass bracket, b, which is placed on the angle of the cornice ; c shows the front of the bracket, looking at it on the angle. The curtains are hooked on to the rings in the manner described § 669, and there are small roses sewed on over each hook, which add much to the effect. There is a fringed valance inside the cornice. The headcloth and tester are fluted in a particular manner ; that is, with one wide flute and a narrow one on each side of it, lea^■ing a space between it and the next flute. The footboard, which is made to slide out and in, is fluted to correspond with the head cloth and tester. The curtains may be looped up by a small cord. All bedsteads should have castors with wooden wheels ; a variety known as the French castor is considered the best. Fig. 1982 is a four-post bedstead and furniture, with the cornice of mahogany, and French-poUshed. The mahogany cornice is considered to be much preferable to a painted and japanned one, both in point of effect and in durability ; though it is some- what more expensive. The curtains of all beds ought to correspond with those of the •windows of the rooms in which they are placed. Chintz is generally preferred for bed- curtains, as it admits of being washed. Bed curtains, when of chintz, are generally lined with cotton of a different colour, somcti'iies plain and sometimes spotted. Dyed