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 FURNITURE FOR COTTAGE DWELLINGS. 31Q 641 639. Kitchen Chairs. Fig. 643 is a Windsor chair, one of the best kitchen chairs 'w general use in the midland counties of England. The seat, fig. 644, i, is of elm, 643 somewhat hollowed out ; the outer rail of the back is of ash, in one piece, bent to the sort of horseshoe form shown in the figure, by being previously heated or steamed ; its ends are then inserted in two holes bored through the seat, and are wedged firmly in from the under side. An additional support is given to the back, by two round rails, fig. 644, h, which are also made fast in two holes, formed in a projecting part of the seat, c. These chairs ar'e^ometimes painted, but more frequently stained with diluted sulphuric acid and logwiBa ; or by repeatedly washing them over with alum water, which has some tartar in it : they should afterwards be washed over several times with an extract of Brasil wood. The colour given will be a sort of red, not unlike that of mahogany ; and, by afterwards oiling the chair and rubbing it well, and for a long time, with woollen cloths, the veins and shading of the elm will be rendered con-