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 1P98 GRECIAN AND MODERN VILLA FURNITURE. 1087 from one room to another without being disturbed. A mother will find such a bed par- ticularly useful in the evening when the child is asleep beside her in the sitting-room ; because it need not be disturbed, but may be carried in the bassinet to the bed-room, and there placed by the side of the bed ; whereas, if the child were asleep on a sofa, its removal, by taking it up in the arms, would be certain to awake it, and the mother might lose her rest for several hours." 2144. Cribs have been already figured and described § 662. They come into use after the bassinet ; that is, when the child is about a year old, and has been -".reaned. We may here mention a description of crib, which has hooks or other fastenings ; by which, when one side of it is taken out, the crib can be made fast to the side of the mother's bed, so that she may have access to the child during the night, by merely stretching out her arms, and taking it to her. 2145. Chairs are the next articles made use o^ by children ; and those about London are of four kinds. Fig. >999 is a child's chair of the first kind, having a night pan, and a matted seat. A small stuffed flannel of the size of the seat, and having a round hole in the centre, is generallj' placed over it when it is to be used, in order to prevent the i pan from hurtuig the child. (In some districts of Italy, and other parts of the Continent, rings of stuifed cloth, or stuffed lea- ther, or of rush matting, are vised for the samie purpose by grown-up persons. ) In England, infants of ordinary health and strength are put into chairs of this kind, when be- tween three and four months old. Fig. 1998 is a child's high chair, to be used when it first begins to sit at table. There is a bar or stick put across between the arms, to keep the child from falling out, and sometimes there is a foot-board. A 2000 stands on a stool. child in average health is put into such a chair when about twelve or fourteen months old. Fig. 2000 is an Astley Cooper's chair ; being a form recommended by that eminent surgeon, with the view of pre- venting children from acquiring a habit of lean- ing forward, or stooping ; the upright position of the back affording sup- port when the child is placed at table, and eat- ing, which a sloping- backed chair does not. It is proper to observe that some medical men do not approve of these chairs. Fig. 2001 is a child's elbow-chair, or bergere, as it is commonly called in England. Tliis chair to which it is attached 2001