. The book of the garden. Gardening. into a garden of the highest pretensions to art. This elaborate chair was made by Mr G. Collinson of Doncaster, and, independent of its merits otherwise, has a little history connected with it. Two oak trees of very large dimensions were lately found under the bed of Dun river, and are believed to have been thus buried for upwards of 2000 years. From the frag- ments, after about 200 cubic feet of timber had been secured, Mr Collinson fabricated this chair, the original of which is now in possession of W. Chadwick, Esq. of Arksey, near Doncaster. represents
. The book of the garden. Gardening. into a garden of the highest pretensions to art. This elaborate chair was made by Mr G. Collinson of Doncaster, and, independent of its merits otherwise, has a little history connected with it. Two oak trees of very large dimensions were lately found under the bed of Dun river, and are believed to have been thus buried for upwards of 2000 years. From the frag- ments, after about 200 cubic feet of timber had been secured, Mr Collinson fabricated this chair, the original of which is now in possession of W. Chadwick, Esq. of Arksey, near Doncaster. represents another exceed- Fig. 976 Fig. 976. tree, as shown in our cut. It may be divided into four compartments or not, according to fancy. Although the material of the chair shown in fig. 975 is sufficiently rustic, Fig. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original McIntosh, Charles, 1794-1864. Edinburgh and London, W. Blackwood
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