CHAIRS AND TABLES.
. The best chairs and. conches are those which you like best,, and which best con.form to .the natural. contour of the human figure in repose. A couch should allow of the b<?irig r put up, if necessary, and should be of such ft shape that-you'can lie : upon it, either full length or half length, /with perfect ?comfort ; -To he really serviceable it should-riot' be covered with pale blue satin or maize-coloured, taboret, but with a Tapestry..,covering; in a neutral. line, say sage-green-or. dark, rustyred, to. wear: well. The tapestry should nqt. be too fine to lie dowri ; upon, or even, in,the privacy of family life, to lay one's feet npbn. And the whole ; Coubh should', if possible; 1 turn toward the fire, so that/its occupant may have his facte toward the/clieerful glo<vi :> ; Ait : the same time a little wickerwork table—black and gold i f you will—may; :liold" a lamp for reading. ' As ito chairs, a couple of good, well-stuffed .//easy chairs;; also coveredin'the same tapestry, : arid arranged-so,as to. look toward the fire,ought, to be sufficient for luxury, while six •or eight littlc .ebonised and cane-bottomed gossiping chairs.are the. simplest.arid prettiest roccasional? y.oii. can/ have. The 'has'a ciirved back which exactly /fits; the natural'curve of the body. and the f seat slopes gently ; downward and- backward ,so as to give one the best possible support ..with'the/least "anj^ilarity."and" awkwardness. 'With 3 -these /pretty;" little clean'"cane seats, a/black wicker-work chair,' two easy chairs, and acoucb, you should have enough places 'for;family and guests in ; a ; quiet household. Tables are of. very little real use. in a. drawings■room/;., still,,\ye:.must,, haye. one or two to 'give : the. whole a furnished- and comfortable., look." .A' spare, table /near the bay -mndqw. will/,allow " of. a jardiniere and a ifern or iridia r rabber plant to stand in the sun. ' iYo|urari/hS,ve nothing better than "black and . gold ' for this, purpose.. Another, round :of coiirse, is needed "for afternoon ; tea,.- -There f miist-be some-place" ! to lay books' arid Other heavy"articles table for this office j should be solid and should stand against, the: wall. Nothing remains; but ; the piano ; and that must naturally be placed where the exigencies of space demand. - Few articles of ' furniture ' are:more t difficult' to manage than the . coal-scuttle.,:; ' It is always getting in everybody's way, and it can hardly be made presentable even by the utmost pains of the struggling decorative imagination.- It, is- , almost Jam'entable to think of all the useless efforjslavished by./the human intellect npon a' o -tive coal scuttle 3. Perhaps the brst solution of the problem is : that which combines scuttle' ;' and' whatnot 'in one comprehensive whole,' having a, box for the coal beneath;' and«one •or two - shelves for 1 knicknacks "above.^ : This composite piece of furniture may then stand against the wall beside the ;chimneypiece, where;it. adds, to, ■the general prettiness of the room, instead of being" an unsightly incumbrance. Moreover, the weight of the ooal gives stability to the whatnot, and prevents it from haveng that topple-down air so common witt its kind. 1 ' :Any such suggestion of iriiniinent oatastrophes should always be avoided iu a drawing-room, —'The Cornhill Magazine.' ~ -°
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume X, Issue 572, 28 August 1880, Page 1 (Supplement)
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