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 109'2 COTTAGE, FARM, AND VILLA ARCHITECTURE. 2157. IVie General Appearance of a dining-room finished and furnished in the Tudor style is shown in fig. 2009. In this Design, the curtains, Mr. Lamb observes, " are to be transparent, in order thit they may not hide the Architecture of the windows. The ceiling is to be of oak, and the ornaments in the corners are to be gilt. The dado should also he of oak. The dado did not come much into use till the latter part of the Tudor period. Two additional patterns for chairs will be seen in this Design." SuBSECT. 3. Gothic Furniture for Libraries. 2158. Bookcases. Figs. 2010 and 2011 are bookcases in two different varieties of Tudor Gothic, both remarkably plain, so as to be easily executed by any joiner who has been accustomed to fit up houses or churches in the Gothic style. Such a joiner will, for the most part, have the proper tools for the diflterent mouldings, and will understand better vvliat they are, than even a cabinet-maker, who has always been executing designs in the modern style. 2159. Seats. Fig. 2013 is a carved oak arm-chaii-, with a cushion of green and gold. 2160. Tables. Fig. 2014 is an oak table, which will serve either for a parlour or a library, the pillar might be of cast iron, properly painted, and the top might be of marble. Our correspondent Mr. Robison lias sent us a very handsome design for a table somewhat resembling this in general form, but made entirely of cast iron and marble, which he has Jiad executed in Edinburgh, and finds to be " handsome, service- able, and economical." The style of his house being modern, he had the base and piilar bronzed ; the circular marble top was of Bordeaux marble, forty-two inches in diameter, and cost, prepared and poHsiied at Bordeaux, and finished with a raised border, only about eighty francs. Without this raised border, it would not have cost more than forty-two fraiics. The freight from Bordeaux to I^eith is only Ss. 6d. per cwt. We introduce these facts to show how much may be done, in the way of imjiroving house-