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 316 COTTAGE, FAIIM, AND VILLA ARCHITECTURE. commonly formed by covering a bundle of bulrushes with rush ma tting, and they are th en called hassocks. Fig. 631 is a design for a box footstool, which has been sent us by a lady. The top is formed of an outside frame, on which is stretched strong webbing, for the purpose of supporting the stuffing above, which is co- vered with carpeting of the same kind as that of the floor of the room in which it is to be used. The sides are of wood, painted of the same colour as the other furniture. 635. Forms may be described as long stools, for the use of several persons; and, as such, are useful in cottage kitchens, and in lobbies _ and passages. In the scullery they also often serve as stands for tubs, and for various K3^ articles to be washed or cleaned, to prevent stooping more than is necessary. Two or more of them are, therefore, always requisite about a house. Figs. 632 and 633 are 633 Designs for forms in the Grecian style, the construction of which will be understood by 634 every carpenter. Figs. 634 and 635 are forms in the Gothic style, equally simple willi the others. All these Designs are to a scale of half an inch to a foot. 7^ iP 635 636. Benches are broad forms with backs to them, and sometimes with arms. Fig. 636 is a kind of bench with solid back and arms, for a cottage kitchen, commonly