. Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use. Plate 246. The Stall. FUENITUEE. 433. The Stool. Meyer, Handbook of Ornament. Plate 434 The Stool. — The Folding-Chair. too, we may group, the Bisellium, or Roman double-stool, which wasgranted as a distinction, and was mostly made of metal (fig. 7). Box-stools, supported on boards instead of legs, are furnished with anopening in the seat to enable them to be moved. The Garden-seats ofbui-ned and glazed clay, introduced from China (fig. 11) are
. Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use. Plate 246. The Stall. FUENITUEE. 433. The Stool. Meyer, Handbook of Ornament. Plate 434 The Stool. — The Folding-Chair. too, we may group, the Bisellium, or Roman double-stool, which wasgranted as a distinction, and was mostly made of metal (fig. 7). Box-stools, supported on boards instead of legs, are furnished with anopening in the seat to enable them to be moved. The Garden-seats ofbui-ned and glazed clay, introduced from China (fig. 11) are made withoutbacks; and, from their round or polygonal fundamental plan, areclassed with the Taborets; also the upholstered and draped treatment(fig. 12), which is sometimes applied to a commode. The Revolving-stool, which is chiefly employed in an office orfor performers of music, permits of lateral movement, and adjustmentto different heights as required (figs. 13 and 15). This is effectedby means of a screw. Plate 247. The Stool. 1. Egyptian, British Museum. Egyptian, (Menard et Sauvageot). Etruscan, (Menard et Sauvageot). Assyrian. Greek, vase-painting. Gre
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