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 GRECIAN AND MODERN VILLA FURNITURE. 1085 jf brass arms hooked on it. A variety of other forms for wardrobes will be found among the cottage furniture, § 626 2138. Dressing- Table. Fig. 1990, to a scale of half an inch to a foot, is a lady's enclosed dressing-table on pedestals. There are three drawers in the frame, and the pedestals have doors, with shelves or drawers within. There is a glass fixed on the top, and the castors ai'e hidden in the plinths of the pedestals. This very useful piece of furniture is often made without the glass being fixed. 2139. Dressing- Glasses. Figs. 1991 and 1992, to a scale of three quarters of an inch to a foot, show patterns for dressing- glass frames, which are now seldom made with drawers. Drawers, however, seem not only to be useful for holding small articles necessary for the toilette, but advantageous as forming an architectural plinth or base for the support of the glass, as well as to prevent it from being blown over by the wind. When dressing- glasses have no drawers, the frames are generally loaded with lead, to pre- vent them from being blown down. 2140. Cheval Glass. Fig. 1994 is a cheval dressing-glass, with castors concealed in the feet, and with the face of the frame beveled. It has brass or bronzed candle- brancbes, which turn round with ■"oints ; and the centres or screws on which the glass turns have knobs of wood fixed over the iron screws to hide them. Fig. 1993 is a cheval glass of a moi'e simple construction. 2141. Wash-hand Stand. Fig. 1995 is a wash-hand stand of ma- hogany, with a marble top and wash-board. It contains two drawers, and a shelf below with a circular piece of marble fixed on it, for the ewer to stand on. The best 1993