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 FURNITURE FOR COTTAGE DWELLINGS. 329 653. Folding Camp Bed- This is one of the cheapest of all beds ; and when the sides and feet are made of iron rods, with no wood but the head board, it goes in very little bulk, and costs complete, with sacking, not more than s. Fig. G83, to a scale 683 of half an inch to a foot, is a view of a folding bed, with the sides and feet made of wood, which may be manufactured complete, in London, for £}. The head board has two iron pins in its lower edge, which drop into holes made in the side-rails of the bed. When a cottage is small, we recommend all boys to be made to sleep on beds of this kind, which they ought to be taught to fold up and put away in the morning, as soon as they get up ; and to bring out and make up for themselves at night. The boy or lad who cannot sleep soundly on such a bed must have soinething either physically or morally wrong in his constitution ; and is, in either case, not very likely to become a man capable of earning his bread by labour. 654. Sttmip Bedsteads are common in the humblest description of dwellings in England, both in town and country. They are commonly made of wood, with sacking bottoms ; but as these materials are apt to harbour vermin, they have lately been ma- nufactured entirely of wrought iron ; the place of the sacking or canvass bottom being supplied by interwoven thin iron hooping, as shown in fig. 684, which is manufactured by -^^^ Messrs. Cottam and Hallen of London, and sold complete with castors, when two feet six inches wide, for one person, at 23s. eacli ; and at a proportionate increase of price, according to the width, up to 33s., which is the price of an iron stump bedstead five feet wide. 635. Press Bedsteads are very common in kitchens, and, sometimes, in parlours where there is a deficiency of bed-rooms ; but they are objectionable, as harbouring vei'min, and being apt soon to get out of order when in daily use. They have, however, one advantage, which is, that persons sleeping in them are generally obliged to get up betimes in the morning : we, therefore, present one Design. Fig. 685 is a view of tlie press when the bed is put up. There is a cupboard shown at one end, and the remainder of the lower part is occupied by a drawer which is made to appear like two externally, in order to form to a regular front, with that of the cupboard. Fig. 6S6 shows the manner in which the bedstead folds tip : a is one of the feet, which is