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 FURNITURE FOR COTTAGE DWELLINGS. 313 from £5 to £7 ; but, made of any common wood by a joiner in the country, it would :iot rorae to half the amount. Fig. 622 is a cheap invalid's bed table, which we had made at Bayswater some years ago, for our own use. It is simply a piece of mahogany board, about three feet long, and one foot nine inches wide, supported by a wrought-iron pillar, with a brace, k, and two feet, t i ; the latter extending nearly the length of the top from the pillar, and spreading out at their extremities to about its width ; thus producing in effect a table with three feet. It is placed on castors, and is light and sti-ong. The height of the pillar must be regulated by the height of the bed. The maho- gany board cost 5s., and the iron work and castors ^1. 632. Seats may be arranged as stools, forms, benches, chairs, and sofas. 633. Stools. Common kitchen stools for children admit of little variety of design, without incurring more expense than would be justifiable by the use and place of the object. Fg. 623 shows the construction of a plain round stool, with three legs framed together at the top, and with rails about six inches from the ground ; a shows the proportion which the triangular frame bears to the circular top. Fig. 624 is a round stool, which may be called in the Gothic style, and would be suitable in a Gothic cottage, where every thing was in character with that style. Fig. 625 is a 623 624 625 box stool ; the lid slides in a groove, as shown by the section, b ; but there is a stop, to prevent it from being taken off entirely. The box may be useful for a child to put its playthings in, and to teach it betimes those habits of order and neatness which are so highly essential to its success in life. Figs. 626, 627, and 628 are stools with cast-iron 626 627 628 legs or pillars, invented by Mr. Mallet. The tops may be of any common wooo, with or without cushions, according to the use for which they may be intended. Fig. 629 is a long stool, in the Gothic style, for a child ; and fig. 630, one, also for a child, suitable for a plain cottage. 634. A Footstool, either 629 630 plain or covered with carpeting, is an article of essential utility in every cottage where there is a mother; and it also forms a seat for a child. In England, they are very £