. A domestic cyclopædia of practical information ... There are worse things for the purpose than alight cabinet (if it is tasteful, which not one in a hundred is),laden with goodbric-a-brac. or 7 would massive ord a r k-col o r e dcabinet, unlessthe color ot tnewall is war m,would be toosombre. Such anone as Fig. grequires space,for more reasonsthan one. (Thechair in the samefigure would haveto be redrawnbefore it couldbe recommend-ed.) Whatever isdone, dont let the9- piano stand in front of this spot and obliterate it—especiallyas pianos are all so ugly. Fig. 8 suggests. Fig. an im


. A domestic cyclopædia of practical information ... There are worse things for the purpose than alight cabinet (if it is tasteful, which not one in a hundred is),laden with goodbric-a-brac. or 7 would massive ord a r k-col o r e dcabinet, unlessthe color ot tnewall is war m,would be toosombre. Such anone as Fig. grequires space,for more reasonsthan one. (Thechair in the samefigure would haveto be redrawnbefore it couldbe recommend-ed.) Whatever isdone, dont let the9- piano stand in front of this spot and obliterate it—especiallyas pianos are all so ugly. Fig. 8 suggests. Fig. an improved style of upright piano—an instru-ment that there is some excuse for in a crowdedcity house. IS Can anybody tell why marble is a fit ma-terial to cover any piece of furniture but asteam-heater or a washstand ? 226 FURNISHING The Library. The main economical ques-tion is doors or no doors to the bookcases.


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