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 FURNITURE FOR COTTAGE DWELLINGS. 331 the bed : they are shown straight in fig. 688, and curved in fig. 689, to indicate that they may be made either way. Fig. 691 is an iron half-tester bedstead, which, however, does not fold up, but which has the great advantage of being remarkably cheap. It is manufactured by Messrs. Cottam and Hallen, of two feet six inches in width, for 465. 6d. ; and of five feet in width, for 685. in both cases it is complete, with castors, head board, and curtain rods, and is thrice painted in oil. Fig. 692 is another wrought- iron half-tester bedstead, one half of which folds over the other : it is the invention of Mr. William Mallet of Dublin, who, we are informed, has made many thousands of them. In this bedstead both the head board and the foot board are of iron. Fig. 690 690 is a different modification of the same bedstead, intended for sick persons, which is made to rise with racks, h h, so as to place the patient, though still recumbent, at any angle that may be required. An important addition to this bed would be two upright rods, one on each side, about half way between the head and foot, securely joined together by a strong rod at top, so as to be perfectly firm j from this top rod a corcj.