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 701' COTTAGE, FARM, AND VILLAGE ARCHITECTURE, rooms and commoner rooms of country inns, considerable economy and great durability might be insured, by employing eitlier sideboards and tables, wiioUy of cast iron, or boards fixed to a wall, and supported by cast-iron feet or brackets. All stationary 1339 tables and seats in taverns and coffee-houses may be supported by cast-iron in ornamental shapes, bronzed; and this is already becoming frequent in London. The Albion Tavern, at Drury Lane TJieatre, may be referred to as an example. Fig. 1339 shows 1340 four varieties of cast-iron brackets for this purpose; and figs. 1340 and 1 34 1 show eight varieties of Gothic framing as supports for independent tables. The manner in which 1341 these supports arc screwed to the imder sides of the tables, so as to brace and support them in all directions, is shown in fig. 1342. Figs. 1343 and 1344 are iron chairs, also