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 FURNITURE FOR COTTAGE DWELLIXCS. SSI 662. Cribs are bedsteads for children so young as to render it unsafe to trust them by themselves in beds with unguarded sides. They are generally intended to be placed, during the night, by the bedside of the mother ; and, for that purpose, the height of the crib should cor- respond with that of the large bed, and one of its sides be made to lift out. This is effected by grooves in the up- right posts, with tongues on the end styles of the side. Fig. 700 is a Design for a crib in the Grecian style, and fi 700 703. for one in the Gothic style, both by Mr. Dalziel, who recommends that the heads of the bed-screws, with which fig. 700. is screwed together, should be concealed by a wooden cap, fig. 701, instead of by a brass one, as is commonly done. In the leg of the Gothic crib, fig. 703, the screw is concealed by means of a small wooden panel made to take out. The turned rails of the sides, in fig. 700, and the plain rails in the Gothic Design, are considered better than the open canework usually employed for crib sides, through which children are apt to put their fingers and hurt themselves. Cribs are sometimes made with only one side, the rail on that opposite being held close to the rail of the large bed by hooks and eyes. Any joiner might make these cribs of deal, or any other cheap wood ; and they may be painted or stained to harmonise with the bedstead and chairs of the room in which they are to be placed. Fig. 702 is a view of a cheap crib, the frame and bottom of which are formed of wrought iron,