. Houses for town or country. c i CTJ « 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 fou

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. Houses for town or country. c i CTJ « 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

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