The practical cabinet maker and furniture designer's assistant, with essays on history of furniture, taste in design, color and materials, with full explanation of the canons of good taste in furniture .. . Figure 81 162 THE PRACTICAL CABINET MAKER. The two old German chairsshown at Figs. 80 and 81,are comfortable even if theyare heavily built and pon-derous looking. They aresubstantial and strong. Thelittle table, Fig. 82, is char-acteristic of old time Germanwork. The bed shown in is drawn from a phototaken of the bed used by Na-poleon, and his consort, theunfortunate Josephine. It is
The practical cabinet maker and furniture designer's assistant, with essays on history of furniture, taste in design, color and materials, with full explanation of the canons of good taste in furniture .. . Figure 81 162 THE PRACTICAL CABINET MAKER. The two old German chairsshown at Figs. 80 and 81,are comfortable even if theyare heavily built and pon-derous looking. They aresubstantial and strong. Thelittle table, Fig. 82, is char-acteristic of old time Germanwork. The bed shown in is drawn from a phototaken of the bed used by Na-poleon, and his consort, theunfortunate Josephine. It is said to be a very com-fortable bed to rest in and there are many like it stillused in France. The sturdy old chair shown in Fig. 84, is from form, the chair is of course, common enough; buta new idea may be gathered from the upholstery. Itconsists of stout velvet, stuffed properly with feathers,and quilted after down-quilt fashion. It is fastened tothe walnut framing with extra size brass studs, andsome neglige trellis fringe is added to finish. It seemsto me that such quilted upholstery might be applied tomany modern chairs where shallow stuffing is hair is substituted for feathers, a comfortable andpleasing result co
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