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 330 COTTAGE, FARM, AND VILLA ARCHITECTURE. C85 686 liinged on an iron pin, and is seen wlien down, as in fig. 687. The other two feet, h b, in lig. 687, are placed, when folded up, as shown in the section, fig. 686, at 6 ; c represents part of the front and top, lifted up and folded back. Press bedsteads are sometimes made to imitate a chest of drawers, or a secretary, in front ; in order, if possible, to prevent the real use of the article from being discovered : a proof that beds of this kind are not held in much repute ; because they indicate a deficiency of bed-rooms. 056. Half-Tester Bedsteads are used in small rooms, where it may be desirable to turn them up during the day, in order to allow the occupant to work in the room. They have this advantage over press beds, that they are turned up and let down with very little trouble ; and that when turned up, and the curtain drawn round them, they are by no means unsightly objects in a room which is to be considered as a bed-room ; but they are quite inadmissible in a kitchen or a parlour. Fig. 688 is a Design for a half- tester bedstead, with the posts, rails, and feet of wood, and the bottom of sacking. It is shown in this figure as turned down, and ready to receive the mattress and bedding. In fig. 689 the bed is shown turned up, by which it appears that the turned legs, d d, are hinged and fold down, so as to occupy less space. The manner in which the curtain rod is fixed is also here shown. It is fastened to the lath at the middle of the front, at c, and at both its extremities an eye is formed, which drops on a hook, as shown at J". The fixed feel arc always placed in an inclined i>osition, to give greater steadiness to