LOWLY FURNITURE.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17570, 22 June 1925, Page 9

LOWLY FURNITURE.

By

MRS HAMILTON.)

The designers are striking a new note in furniture by constructing it on lines as lowly as possible- The hostess of 1925 dispenses her tea or her afterdinner coffee from a long, low table that barely reaches to her knees as she sits lxnsidc it in her easy chair, or reclines beside it on he r divan. It is. perhaps, because divans are so much in favour that a t; ble in keeping with them has come to be regarded as essential. Then again, My Lady, no longer sits at an ordinary dressing-table to brush her hair. She has a low . tool on whic h to sit in front of her chev-al glass, while at her side is a practical little arrangement of drawers, built very low, i.: which she keeps her brushes and combs, ribbons and laces. It takes up very little space in her room, and is much more decorative than a chest < f drawers proper. The bed of ordinary height is losing favour to one that is raised but very little from the gr< und. The idea is that a bed resting upon ball feet, instead of upon legs proper, makes a far prettier room, and one that can be used as a boudoir as well as a mere bedroom. Covered with an ornate quilt, heavily tasselied, the bed gives the impression of a divan, and hts in well with modern decorations. Chairs grow lower and lower, for the slim, lithe girl of to-day finds no difficulty in getting in and out of them, as might have, been the case in corretted days. They are especially restful, and make even an uninteresting f. :ur. ■ appear graceful.