. Houses for town or country. AN ELABORATE DINING-ROOM the clear between the opposite walls, so that if thechimney-breast is at one of the narrow ends of theroom this measurement of twenty feet must be takenbetween the face of the chimney-piece or of themantelpiece and of the opposite wall. Again ifthe sideboard is to be put in at the end opposite thefireplace this also must be considered; for a spaceof at least nineteen feet is really needed for theproper service of the table when extended to alength of twelve feet. As for the width of the room,with a four-foot table, eleven feet in the clear
. Houses for town or country. AN ELABORATE DINING-ROOM the clear between the opposite walls, so that if thechimney-breast is at one of the narrow ends of theroom this measurement of twenty feet must be takenbetween the face of the chimney-piece or of themantelpiece and of the opposite wall. Again ifthe sideboard is to be put in at the end opposite thefireplace this also must be considered; for a spaceof at least nineteen feet is really needed for theproper service of the table when extended to alength of twelve feet. As for the width of the room,with a four-foot table, eleven feet in the clear be- 162 THE DINING-ROOM. A COMBINATION DINING- AND LIVING-ROOM tween the walls, between fireplace and sideboard,between sideboard and service table, between any andall permanent obstacles must be maintained. This,of course, is an awkward shape for the room, andaccordingly it is usual to give to the dining-roomgreater breadth than seems essential, and then tooccupy this greater breadth with (as above sug-gested) the mantelpiece and the sideboard, or theservice table, or both; in other words, the roomwithin the walls may be nineteen feet by fourteen, atolerable proportion; and all the large obstacles,more than once named above, may be put on the long 163 HOUSES FOR TOWN OR COUNTRY
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